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- brother, crack open a damn Brene-brown audiobook about vulnerability.
https://brenebrown.com/book/the-power-of-vulnerability/
Never feeling qualified, feeling like a screw-up for attending college in your 30's... these are stories you've made up in your head for how people gauge your worth.
close your eyes and think about where you want to be sitting in 5 years, work your way backwards, and start checking boxes...
- Not tech related: The power of vulnerability by Brenè Brown (audiobook/course). Worth every single penny. You can get a glimpse of what's it about on the netflix documentary about her.
- I find myself re-listening to large portions of my audible library fairly often. I pick up so much more on additional read/listen-throughs.
I listen to or read Snow Crash at least once a year. I just enjoy most everything about it. Anathem required a couple listens, and a third listen was just for comfort food.
The Altered Carbon trilogy has depth and sublime world-building that I have now enjoyed at least a half dozen times.
I second mentions of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (and will mention The Long, Dark Tea Time of the Soul as well).
Ender’s Game is also comfort food for me.
Breaking from the speculative fiction reco’s above... The Power of Vulnerability (Brené Brown) is more lecture series than audiobook, but as for non fiction I’ve recently given multiple listens to, that tops the list.
I borrowed “Landline” from the local library, read it twice and then bought it so I could continue to read it when I want to. I think I was in just the right age group and life situation for this novel to hit home for me. Your mileage may vary, but IMO read it without knowing anything about it in advance if you’re going to read it. That means don’t read the back cover etc.
(Blind borrowing of books from the library is fun and can be eye opening, try it sometime! Most places, you can borrow eBooks and even digital audiobooks without even leaving your home as long as you have a library card.)
- I'll be in the minority then, but to me these are my best books.
The Power of Vulnerability by Brenè Brown and Quiet by Susan Cain.
The first is not a real book since it's audio only, there is no written counterpart but it changed the way I see, connect, live in the world entirely. I _never_ found something along those lines.
While the second book, Quiet, although a little boring in some sides, made me accept my introversion (although I don't appear like an introvert).
If I had to pick only one then it would be the power of vulnerability, such a shame it hasn't a paper counterpart (you could read all brene brown books probably and get the same message, but that audio book is so great).
- Brene Brown's Daring Greatly made a huge impact on me! From what I understand it's very similar to The Power of Vulnerability.
- “Soft skills” are typically the hardest.
The Power of Vulnerability: Brene Brown
Non-Violent Communication: Marshall Rosenberg
The Secrets of Consulting: Gerald Weinberg
