Anything by Richard Feynman. I recently read 'Perfectly reasonable deviations from the beaten path' and really enjoyed it. It gave good insight into how Feynman lived his life (eg, asking not to be a member of the National Academy of Sciences), and how he treated others. I think the most beneficial thing I learned from this was how he let 'unimportant' things slide to make time for his life's work.
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