Astonishing Top #10 Books I Think You Must read To Be Successful

My top ten books that have made an impact on me, have made me think, made me feels something profound are here, and in no particular order:

1. The Silence of The North (Olive Frederickson): trials and tribulations of a first-hand account of a woman pioneer in Northern Canada. The unbelievable grit of this lady, and really inspiring.
2. The Art of War (Sun Tsu): I think this little book is just over a hundred pages, what was written back in the 5th century as a military strategy guide has included some wonderful pearls for dealing with all aspects of life, business, and relationships. The best? “If you know the enemy and you know yourself, you need not fear the result of a thousand battles.”Wow! Doesn’t that say so much?
3. 1984 (Orwell): 2 + 2 = 4? Damn straight it does, and the lengths that one resilient Winston Smith goes to prove this simple logic in this negative utopic novel with every grim and determined step.
4. Antifragile (Nassim Nicholas Taleb): Antifragile is deemed as something that is put out to the universe, and withstands all of the stressors and storms, and not only withstands the stresses but THRIVES in such environments. Mr. Taleb has inspired in me with reading this book, that it’s ok to be uncertain in life, to take risks, to learn and to become a better version of yourself by putting yourself in front of the storm.
5. Maus (Art Spiegelman): A Graphic novel of a first-hand experience of being a Jew in the concentration camps, and the interpersonal relationship between father and son. The utter determination of survival and uncertainty is visceral.
6. Why Isn’t My Brain Working (Datis Kharazian): This book has served as a reference book in my office as a guide of looking deeper into how I can further help others, especially with cognitive, concentration and depression challenges through focusing on the brain. Datis goes through the gamut of metabolic, diet, cultural reasons and explains signs and symptoms in using simple analogies that are easy to understand and explain.
7. The Alchemist (Paolo Coehlo): You’ll go on a little journey with Santiago as he stumbles way around, learning valuable life lessons as he goes. The author weaves this tale pretty seamlessly, and again, another short book, it’s concise and gets to the points at hand but yet it’s not so stark that it’s minimalist.
8. A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories (Flannery O’Connor): A collection of stories that you can take your time with; I’ve tended to read and re-read this throughout the years. I love how all of the characters she writes about are flawed. I gravitate towards reality, and not just the Hollywood version of how people live a life.
9. The Periodic Table (Primo Levi): It took me decades of hatred towards the field of chemistry, but because it was a humongous non-negotiable towards getting into chiropractic school, I HAD to pass chemistry….but no one said anything about falling in with chemistry! Indeed that’s what happened when I slogged through stoichiometry, and dimensional analysis, and made it my life for the better part of 4 years. In this novel, Levi tells a memoir of his life in Auschwitz from Italy through the personification of certain elements, according to their properties. Elegant, man. Elegant.
10. Brave New World (Aldous Huxley): What’s with me and the dystopic novels? I have no idea, but that’s where we are on this list. This novel rocks because it tells of a different future where everyone chills out with Soma, people are born in bottles, God is Ford, and your fate is decided for you. Nice, neat and clean….well, not really. Cognitive dissonance abounds when love is the objective.