Robin101 Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 As per title. Has a book ever been successful in making you radically re-think your life/change your outlook? I'm not convinced a book has ever truly altered my life. I have of course read books that influenced me, but radically altered...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 Hello Dolly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dollymarie Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 A rare serious post from me. I read a book when I was 13 about a nanny, and decided I wanted to do that for a job. Then in my 20's I started reading books written by foster carers about the children they have had in their lives and that's led to me now becoming a foster carer. So I guess you could say yes in my case to your question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esmond Million's Bung Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 Definitely this gem. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29554877-the-tao-of-pooh-and-the-te-of-piglet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team In Keynsham Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 American Psycho. I was dead set on becoming a Wall Street based serial killer until I realised it meant I had to listen to Huey Lewis, Whitney Houston and Phil Collins. I stuck with accountancy instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 Two books definitely changed my work practices. "Catharsis in human development" by John Heron and "The Final analysis" by Geoffrey Mason. Both influenced my counselling techniques and I guess that influenced my life in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiale Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 I read a book on emotional intelligence in my early 20's. It did not change my life but I was just amazed a the complexity of the human mind, bio-chemical signals in the brain, memory, interpretation, recall, damage, false memory, and how it effects other parts of the body dishing out hormones, and signals.... it was a truly big eye opener on a world I had not really come across or even thought about before and I read a few more similar books after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 Razzle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 I got a job from the WDP jobs pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 Kays Catalogue ..... set me on the road to perpetual debt, financial ruin and a wardrobe full of multi coloured kagool's. Still credit where its due eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esmond Million's Bung Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 2 minutes ago, WhistleHappy said: Kays Catalogue ..... set me on the road to perpetual debt, financial ruin and a wardrobe full of multi coloured kagool's. Still credit where its due eh? You never mentioned the ladies unmentionables section?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 2 minutes ago, Esmond Million's Bung said: You never mentioned the ladies unmentionables section?. That changed my life in a completely different way... non of it fits me anymore though, that's when I turned to raincoats and kagools... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esmond Million's Bung Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 5 minutes ago, WhistleHappy said: That changed my life in a completely different way... non of it fits me anymore though, that's when I turned to raincoats and kagools... At least the Kay's experience wasn't all bad for you, like the book that I nominated there was a yin and yang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 I know one or two people for whom books have had a profound effect on their lives and lifestyles...... shortly after a copper decided to throw one at them.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 Then of course the bloody telephone book caused no end of grief until I eventually went ex-directory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 Didn't read it I only caught sight of the cover and its title so thanks to it and the Jehovah's Witnesses I discovered Jimi Hendrix, one of the best experiences of my life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 21 hours ago, Esmond Million's Bung said: You never mentioned the ladies unmentionables section?. A glimpse of gusset....zoiks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stortz Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 On 01/11/2016 at 19:22, One Team In Keynsham said: American Psycho. I was dead set on becoming a Wall Street based serial killer until I realised it meant I had to listen to Huey Lewis, Whitney Houston and Phil Collins. I stuck with accountancy instead. Catch-22, my fledgling career as a bombardier was crushed by a sudden realisation of the utter futility of human existence and our bleak basic status as sentient bags of meat. Seriously though, as per @Robin 101's original question, it's my favourite book ever, made a young me radically rethink how I viewed a lot of things, even if it didn't materially alter my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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