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• How to Read a Book, by Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren
  • I've heard about this for years, but didn't actually learn it until today, 2024/02/25 — oof

Top Book Recs

• the Self
  • top recs
    • Be Your Future Self Now, by Dr. Benjamin Hardy
    • Master Your Emotions, by Thibaut Marisse
    • The Greatest Salesman in the World, by Og Mandino
    • How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie
      • Specifically the condensed pocket edition https://a.co/d/hDnl4Kf
    • The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho
  • honorable mentions (incomplete)
    • The Desire Map, by Danielle LaPorte
    • Atlas of the Heart, by Brene Brown
    • Applications of Motivational Interviewing ****3e — collaborative pdf: https://kami.app/agY-Unn-tVD-H7Y
      • how to use Kami.app: https://www.loom.com/share/ebfb7596ef2b438a8bd853b098e12e61
    • Decisive, by Chip and Dan Heath
    • The Four Agreements
• the World
  • sci-fi (within tiers, in reverse chronological order of when I picked them up)
    • top picks
      • any sci-fi short story by Ted Chiang
        • Stories of Your Life and Others, by Ted Chiang
        • Exhalations, by Ted Chiang
    • wild rides
      • Geometry for Ocelots, by exurb1a
      • Best of Greg Egan, by Greg Egan (haven't finished)
      • The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect (online)
    • interesting honorable mentions
      • Accelerando, by Charles Stross (haven't finished)
      • The Diamond Age, by Neal Stephenson
      • magical realism stories, by Jorge Luis Borges (only read a few)
    • honorable mentions
      • Broken Stars and Invisible Planets collections, by Ken Liu (haven't finished)
      • Siddhartha, by Hermann Hesse
    • high time investment
      • A Deepness in the Sky, by Vernor Virge
      • Three Body Problem trilogy, by Liu Cixin
      • Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (haven't finished)
  • other genres
    • I've read a ton, but actually don't remember too many ones I'd super recommend now
    • The Courage to be Disliked, by Michio Kaku
    • Sherlock Holmes stories
    • A Mind for Numbers, by Barbara Oakley

Works by CoderCorgi

• Non-public backlink for my own convenience: CoderCorgi Creations Repository
  • public version: https://reflect.site/g/codercorgi2/codercorgi-creations-repository/494217be853b40e3bfcaab2ace0e32b6
• a few top recs
  • [2024/02/22] Moth StorySLAM 2034: Meeting My Future Wife — experimental inspirational piece, the first one to mention an imaginary girlfriend, which is a cool creative device I intend to use more!
  • [2023/09/24] Story - CCC Inspirational Sci-fi — "Memoirs of Motivation", an interesting 10-min musical-like piece about life trajectories
  • 2023 — CoderCorgi Connection podcast, inspiring snapshots of your future self https://codercorgi.substack.com/
  • http://bit.ly/codercorgi6am — my favorite song I wrote, "(Waking Up At) 6 AM"
• other recs
  • [2023/10/13] Maximal Energy: a CCC Story — partially written, an outline/syllabus on maximizing energy during the day
  • [2023/09/25] Philosophy / Motivation - My child's childhood / How I will raise my child — ideas for activities
  • [2023/08/21] Morning Run Rap — a life-affirming rap I wrote on a morning run
  • [2019/08/31] Sci-Fi: "Passage of Time" — a sci-fi story about a war orphan
• random stuff (private, DM if interested)
  • standup comedy collection
  • letters from the keys, KDP edition
  • other songs and raps I wrote
  • life philosophy
  • mastery anthem

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