Listopia > Giorgos Bt's votes on the list Self Development - My journey (43 Books)
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Stretching Scientifically: A Guide to Flexibility Training
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"This book has the best method I found yet to attain Middle Splits. Thomas Kurz's method has very effective results on cold flexibility."
Giorgos Bt
rated it 4 stars
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Overcoming Gravity
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"This is the ultimate book for people interested in bodyweight strength training. The first half of the book about programming and routine construction is priceless."
Giorgos Bt
rated it 5 stars
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The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
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"Very eye opening to understand the psychology behind habits. Very helpful if you want to replace bad habits."
Giorgos Bt
rated it 3 stars
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Models: Attract Women Through Honesty
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"It's a great book about dating. Again for someone who is completely unskilled it will get you in the game.
Giorgos Bt
rated it 5 stars
I got my first date ever through cold approach by reading this book." See Review |
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How to Win Friends & Influence People
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"This is for people socially unskilled to understand a few concepts about communication with other people. "
Giorgos Bt
rated it 4 stars
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The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment
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"Very good book about Zen meditation. It's a strict kind of meditation but the first half of the book explains very well the concepts and gives good tips."
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rated it 4 stars
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Think and Grow Rich
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"My first book on positive manifestation. I did my first manifestation by reading this book. Was it by that or not? Who cares...
Giorgos Bt
rated it 4 stars
It contains very powerful quotes about self motivation also." See Review |
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Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway
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"I used to be a fearful guy in the past, this book was my introduction into overcoming fear and has some quite effective methods."
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rated it 4 stars
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Tao Te Ching
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"This books is wisdom, you get very few by the first read but as re-reading it you grasp a little bit more.
Giorgos Bt
rated it 4 stars
I like to read a few quotes weekly." See Review |
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Stretching & Flexibility
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"What I liked about this book is the method of Kit to combine Flexibility and self development. By understanding the body and make improvements upon it."
Giorgos Bt
rated it 3 stars
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The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams
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"My first ever book on self-development when I was not even aware of this term.
Giorgos Bt
rated it 4 stars
It was my first slap to wake up. It introduced meditation to me. For beginners I'd recommend for sure." See Review |
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Lucid Dreaming: A Beginner's Guide to Becoming Conscious in Your Dreams
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"This book my introduction to the Lucid Dreaming. Charlie Morley does a nice introduction, shares personal stories and introduces briefly some concepts on Dream yoga.
Giorgos Bt
rated it 4 stars
I had my first Lucid Dream after reading it!!!" See Review |
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A Field Guide to Lucid Dreaming: Mastering the Art of Oneironautics
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"This book is great for beginners and fun revisiting it before bed every now and then.
Giorgos Bt
rated it 4 stars
Very concise, describes the method in plain English." See Review |
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Prometheus Rising
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"It will broaden your horizons on what you perceive as real. I don't agree with anything but it made me think outside the box and some of the exercises in the book are useful to re-program your mind."
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rated it 4 stars
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The Book of Pook
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"This is a great book about flirting. But it's not only about that, it also covers issues like masculinity and personal development. It is a collection of a blog posts and not a standard book. Some of the posts really stuck to me and I found inspiring for my development.
Giorgos Bt
rated it 4 stars
Don't forget practice is above all." See Review |
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Yoga Self-Taught
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"I had been doing yoga for about 2 years before reading this book. It's a good read if you haven't done yoga before. My favourite part of the book is the first quarter that explains relaxation and breathing."
Giorgos Bt
rated it 3 stars
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No More Mr. Nice Guy
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"I've heard from other people that this book was life changing to them. For me it's just a good read, there are some interesting exercises though."
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rated it 3 stars
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The Art of War
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"There are not many applicable things if you are not a politician or a strategist, but it's an interesting way on how Sun Tzu approaches and resolves problems."
Giorgos Bt
rated it 3 stars
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What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People
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"A basic book on body knowledge. Not groundbreaking and it contains good tips on how to interpret body signs."
Giorgos Bt
rated it 3 stars
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The Chimp Paradox: How Our Impulses and Emotions Can Determine Success and Happiness and How We Can Control Them
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"This is a fantastic book. If you haven't read a book on subconscious mind, I strongly recommend this as it is very practical and it is written is a comprehensive way for non psychologist."
Giorgos Bt
rated it 5 stars
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
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"Not as good as his first book. It's more idea based than a practical book, but I think it can help somebody who just care about anything else except himself."
Giorgos Bt
rated it 4 stars
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The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism
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"This is a very practical book on social skills. Not life-changing but you can get many practices from this book and apply it to your everyday life."
Giorgos Bt
rated it 4 stars
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Letters from a Stoic
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"Very famous book, I'm not gonna tell you it's a the best book I've ever read. There are some letters that spoke it and some others that didn't. I think there is at least one letter that can speak to everyone."
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rated it 4 stars
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
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"A book that I think is a good read on how we think but very dense for it's core concepts."
Giorgos Bt
rated it 3 stars
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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
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"I liked this a bit more than the Power of Habit, because it is more practical but it is sort of knowledge I got from other books not something new to me."
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rated it 3 stars
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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
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"Even if you don't consider yourself an artist this book has some wonderful exercises to practice for yourself. The Morning pages and the abstinence from media will challenge you enough."
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rated it 3 stars
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The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman
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"This book is dense and has so many things that you can find value. A few of them are quite dated imho it is still a good index to have for yourself."
Giorgos Bt
rated it 3 stars
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Gorilla Mindset
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"Not something new that I haven't read before. Mindset, nutrition etc. Give a go to his podcast if you want more hot topics."
Giorgos Bt
rated it 2 stars
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King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine
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"One of the books about masculinity, this is more philosophical. Some might find it too abstract as it is written in this way but it's a good read to have an overview of the archetypes of the masculine nature."
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rated it 4 stars
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Economix: How and Why Our Economy Works (and Doesn't Work), in Words and Pictures
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"This books is a very good and brief introduction to how economy works. It's not going to teach you any technical detail but you will get an introduction to how corruption is created in the world."
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rated it 4 stars
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Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope
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"I enjoyed it but not as much as his previous books. I like the way Manson writes without caring about the language and there are a few ideas you can get from this book but I generally recommend the previous one."
Giorgos Bt
rated it 3 stars
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How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships
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"It wasn't helpful for me, it could be to someone else though as these books tend to give some boost to people who are not socially conditioned."
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rated it 2 stars
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Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time
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"This is hands down the best book about productivity that I've read. It really clarifies how important is our time in the day and what are the steps for a creative and productive day."
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rated it 5 stars
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The Rational Male
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"A good read for sure some good tips about relationships but generally it follows an approach to women as a mean specimen which could be true but I don't think you can generalize and include everybody.
Giorgos Bt
rated it 3 stars
It's up to us to compete for our best possible partner and face the consequences." See Review |
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The Way of Men
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"This books might be considered as toxic by some people. I don't agree with everything as I believe even should have a balanced attitude, but I definitely agree with some parts about the masculine nature."
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rated it 3 stars
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How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life
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"It is an interesting read for sure and could be motivating but a lot of it can be written elsewhere. I recommend though listening to Scott Adams' interviews."
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rated it 3 stars
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Unstoppable Confidence: How to Use the Power of NLP to Be More Dynamic and Successful
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"A very good and easy to read book about NLP. A lot of techniques and methods and after reading this book you can call it coincidence but a great event happened to me."
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rated it 4 stars
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50 Psychology Classics: Who We Are, How We Think, What We Do: Insight and Inspiration from 50 Key Books
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"A good introduction to different branches of psychology. You can have this book as a reference for future study into this science."
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rated it 3 stars
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Nmap Network Scanning: The Official Nmap Project Guide to Network Discovery and Security Scanning
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"This is a hardcore computer science book about networks and it is not for beginners. But if you have a basic understanding of networking I recommend to give this a read in order to have a view of how Network Security works. It could be also a good tool for you."
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12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
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"I wasn't big on this, it's dense and the general message of the book wasn't very helpful for me. But I totally recommend interviews and talks by Dr. Peterson. Very eye opening."
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rated it 3 stars
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Psycho-Cybernetics: A New Way to Get More Living Out of Life
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"This is another NLP book, with a bunch of techniques you can apply to your life. It's also easy to read but remember to practice the techniques and give them some time to flourish."
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rated it 3 stars
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The 48 Laws of Power
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"Very dense book about laws to accumulate social power. Some of them are fascinating because you deconstruct how people in politics operate and their moralities.
Giorgos Bt
rated it 4 stars
I'd say most of the laws would not work if you don't want to be in a high position of power. Instead it will have an adverse effect. However it is always good to be aware what another person could have in mind and I think some laws can be applied by everybody." See Review |
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The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
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"It is motivating for sure and gives some stoic guidelines from the classic texts. But apply this philosophy is not enough to read this book. Instead you either need to experience a lot of adversities(by choice or not) or you need companion training methods to achieve this level of stoicism."
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rated it 3 stars
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