Seven Habits of Highly Effective People—Read it in high school and found it’s influenced my thinking since, especially the part about keeping promises to yourself.
Persepolis—Read it when I was 18 and found it a useful fictional introduction to a culture very different from my own. Many other books could do a similar job.
Getting to Yes—Changed how I think about negotiation.
The Gospel of John—Changed how I think about everything.
Deep Work—I read this recently, and while I don’t agree with everything (I think the author overreaches occasionally), I do think it would have been useful at 18.
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People—Read it in high school and found it’s influenced my thinking since, especially the part about keeping promises to yourself. Persepolis—Read it when I was 18 and found it a useful fictional introduction to a culture very different from my own. Many other books could do a similar job. Getting to Yes—Changed how I think about negotiation. The Gospel of John—Changed how I think about everything. Deep Work—I read this recently, and while I don’t agree with everything (I think the author overreaches occasionally), I do think it would have been useful at 18.