When Breath Becomes Air

It's a fantastic memoir indeed, very moving. Love this quote from the book: "You can't ever reach perfection, but you can believe in an asymptote toward which you are ceaselessly striving".

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanthi. A fascinating memoir by a philosopher turned brain surgeon, facing a terminal cancer diagnosis. A person who spent their entire life pondering the morality of life being faced with their own ultimatum. I reread it once a year, at minimum. A deeply moving book.

I'll plug 'When Breath Becomes Air', also for brain surgeon.

"when breath becomes air" by Paul Kalanithi. Influenced me a great deal & one of my all time fav reads. A short excerpt : https://stanmed.stanford.edu/2015spring/before-i-go.html

I can say I've got through something similar. A book that made me very introspective was David Brook's The Road To Character . It made me ask my self a lot of questions which I have documented here https://www.deepthoughtapp.com/packages/55/david-brooks-humi... (https://www.deepthoughtapp.com/packages/55/david-brooks-humility-code-from-the-road-to-character/) Another book was Paul Kalanathi's When Breath Becomes Air I also copied some quotes, questions, and answers here https://www.deepthoughtapp.com/packages/135/paul-kalanithis-... (https://www.deepthoughtapp.com/packages/135/paul-kalanithis-when-breath-becomes-air/) I'd recommend reading biographies because they can help you give perspective about how a person leads their life. The ones I found thoroughly fun was Trevor Noah's Born a Crime, Phil Knight's Shoe Dog.

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi, it's a memoir of a neurologist who comes across lung cancer himself and how his life changes from being a doctor to the patient. I recently finished reading it and let me tell you, I had to pause every other page to reflect upon those words as they were surreal.

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike Great founder story When Breathe Becomes Air Story about the meaning of life. Not sure how anyone can go through this and not cry. (First book I've ever cried reading)

some recommendations on mixed topics from my recent non-fiction reads, I enjoyed all of them for different reasons (the song machine book even got me to listen to music I would never have thought I'd enjoy, but can't argue Max Martin knows how to write a catchy song!) When breath becomes air http://smile.amazon.com/When-Breath-Becomes-Paul-Kalanithi/d... (http://smile.amazon.com/When-Breath-Becomes-Paul-Kalanithi/dp/081298840X/) Do no harm, Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery http://smile.amazon.com/Do-No-Harm-Stories-Surgery/dp/125006... (http://smile.amazon.com/Do-No-Harm-Stories-Surgery/dp/125006581X/) The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory http://smile.amazon.com/Song-Machine-Inside-Hit-Factory/dp/0... (http://smile.amazon.com/Song-Machine-Inside-Hit-Factory/dp/0393241920/) Why we work http://smile.amazon.com/Why-We-Work-TED-Books/dp/1476784868/ Enlightenment 2.0 http://smile.amazon.com/Enlightenment-2-0-Restoring-politics... (http://smile.amazon.com/Enlightenment-2-0-Restoring-politics-economy/dp/0062342894/)