Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now
by Gordon Livingston
Recommended by 3 notable people, including Naval Ravikant and Nat Eliason
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After service in Vietnam, as a surgeon for the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in 196869, at the height of the war, Dr. Gordon Livingston returned to the U.S. and began work as a psychiatrist. In that capacity, he has listened to people talk about their liveswhat works, what doesn’t, and the limitless ways (many of them selfinflicted) that people ...
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Philosophy, and Psychology.
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Consider The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. Recommended by 8 sources.
“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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