How Many Books Have You Read All Together?

[The_Alchemist]

I saw Leo's list of 200, what are you guys at?

[BlackMaze]

From the list? Probably only 5 or 6. But i was looking at the list today and decided to start again more seriously. 

[WonderSeeker]

Read about 20 of them so far. Some of the 5/5 books are life-changing. 

[lmfao]

@The_AlchemistI've started a lot of books I haven't finished. Looking at my bookshelf right now. About 21 spirituality and self-help books. Having read some of them completely, some of them half way, some just a quarter. A few I've read even less than that. 

Some of the books on Leo's list are one of a kind. Leo's list essentially showed me the gems I never knew I needed. 

EVERYONE SHOULD LEARN SPEED READING, BREAKTHROUGH RAPID READING. 

Edited December 3, 2020 by lmfao

[PurpleTree]

don't know how many of those i can read

i might have eaten too many cans of tuna if you know what i mean

[Meditationdude]

@The_Alchemist 25 maybe 30 over the last 4 years. Without these I would be years behind in my development and straight up lost or stuck. 

[Godhead]

I've gone through the leo's list and counted the books which I read from there. Roughly 74. Pretty good list! Def. got my money's worth!

[UnbornTao]

@PurpleTree

[Gesundheit]

I think a better question would be how many hours have you invested in reading?

Probably over 4000 hours altogether, but not exclusively books. I read blogs, articles, forum posts, and other stuff. Some YouTube videos could count as reading, Leo's videos, for example.

EDIT: Oops! I now realize the question is regarding Leo's booklist. My answer is none, because I don't have it.

Edited December 3, 2020 by Gesundheit

[hyruga]

I read over 300+ self help books, watch 5000 over self improvement videos. Listened to audios/watch/read 16 hours daily (When I was jobless).

But based on Leo's list, I have only read about 34 books which is ~10% of what I read and ~17% of book list. Kinda surprised me as I tot it would be more books on Leo's list. 

I focused more on sales and marketing books and read fewer spiritual books. As an example, I read about 8 books from Zig Ziglar during my earlier days of self-help reading. 

Edited December 4, 2020 by hyruga

[The_Alchemist]

2 hours ago, hyruga said:

I read over 300+ self help books, watch 5000 over self improvement videos. Listened to audios/watch/read 16 hours daily (When I was jobless).

But based on Leo's list, I have only read about 34 books which is ~10% of what I read and ~17% of book list. Kinda surprised me as I tot it would be more books on Leo's list. 

I focused more on sales and marketing books and read fewer spiritual books. As an example, I read about 8 books from Zig Ziglar during my earlier days of self-help reading. 

Very thorough, you will succeed, people who pay such close attention to numbers are always successful.

[Jacob Morres]

8-9

[Rilles]

Finished 50+ books since 2016. Half-finished 100s. 99% are audiobooks, I hate reading with my eyes. 

[Logan]

@The_Alchemist I have over 130 books. I usually read about 5 books at a time. I'll read a couple chapters per day for each of the 5 books until I finish them. I don't like reading about the same thing for long periods.

Sometimes I will start reading a book and realize that it is not a priority for me to be studying that certain topic. For example, I may start reading a book on politics, then realize that I need to be focusing on social skills, life purpose, and systems thinking.

[JosephKnecht]

Read 400+. 

Wrote 3. 

[Conscious life]

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/66573293-bee-man?shelf=read

[Brandon Nankivell]

410 books over ~7 years.

[Rilles]

12 minutes ago, Brandon Nankivell said:

410 books over ~7 years.

top 5?

[Brandon Nankivell]

11 minutes ago, Rilles said:

top 5?

@Rilles It doesn't feel sufficient to provide 5, based on my assumption of what's really being asked.

So here's a list of 21 books that have had the most profound impact on my once-self-described 'self-improvement journey' + my now 'spiritual journey'. Roughly in chronological order.

Self-Improvement Journey (2014-2019)

The Two-Week Lucid Dreamer by Derek Raltson

A random e-book I found on the iBooks store one day when I was bored in bed and messing around with my phone. I had my first lucid dream within a few weeks.

Even though it only lasted 5 seconds, it was a euphoric experience! And paved the way to further reading and my first entrance into the world of self-improvement.

Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely

My first dive into understanding the behaviour of myself and others.

Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki

The first ember of realization that I could build a business as my wealth vehicle and free myself from the system to a certain degree.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

Great classic self-help that has served me well in life and business.

The Millionaire Fastlane

The next level up from Rich Dad Poor Dad that really gets into the specifics of building that wealth vehicle. Has served me well.

The Choose Yourself Guide to Wealthy by James Altucher

I grew to love Altucher's absolute transparency about the terrible situations he's been in. Divorce. Losing his house. Failing at business multiple times. Being a geek.

The Game by Neil Strauss

Blew my world apart. Understanding social dynamics and female psychology. Wow. Ended up getting into the whole pick-up scene and learned alot, although that's well behind me now.

The Story of the Human Body by Daniel Lieberman

Sheesh. Blew up my world-view. Helped me understand more about my behaviour and the current situation of humans and society in the last 300 years. Made me question more about what I eat, why we wear shoes, the authenticity/lack-of-authenticity of doctors etc.

Sex God Method by Daniel Love

Title says it all.

Evolutionary Psychology by David Buss

Another reality-blower like The Story of the Human Body.

Work The System by Sam Carpenter

Has completely changed the way I do business. Has improved it. I don't work much these days and business still grows at a nice level. Systems for the win.

The Rational Male by Rollo Tomassi

Helped me come to terms of the realities of life. Has helped me become way more detached from outcomes than I once was. Especially in the domain of relationships with women.

The Future Is Faster Than You Think by Peter Diamandis

Crazy how things are converging so fast with technology. Potential to completely change what we typically value and how we typically conduct ourselves on the spiritual path. And it's closer than we think.

Being Infinite by Martin Ball

The first book that I can remember where I began to enter the 'spiritual side of self-improvement'. Watched Leo's interview with Martin Ball and also had a chat with Martin myself. Incredible stuff. Encouraged me to pursue psychedelics further.

Spiritual Journey (2020)

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

Still self-improvementy but Ravikant is pretty woke. A great summation of 10's of books I've read earlier on in my life. But possibly better thanks to Ravikan's way of communicating.

Out of Your Mind by Alan Watts

A beautiful aid for helping me understand non-duality on a conceptual level.

Love, Freedom, and Alonelness: The Koan of Relationships by Osho

Absolutely ripped my life apart in the greatest way. Took me to the next level of consciousness. Osho speaks Truth like I've seen in no other to date. Had a library of 150,000 books and spent much of his childhood in silence. It's my understanding that he was fully enlightened.

Autobiography of a Spiritually Incorrect Mystic by Osho

Page turner. Gasping every second page. In my top 5, hands down.

Letting Go by David Hawkins

An incredibly useful tool that's helped me to gauge where I'm at on my spiritual journey. And where others are at so I know the greats are to study.

The Bible by Who The Hell Knows For Sure

I took Duncan Trussel's suggestion on his JRE episode and read the Book of John under the influence of LSD. Some of the bible verses are crazy when viewed in this manner. When you replace 'God' as in white-beared guy in the sky with 'God' as in pure consciousness, the Bible completely changes. One verse for example is, "Be still and know that I am God".

The Gnostic Gospels

There's a fantastic description of Non-Duality in one of the Gnostic Gospels that were left out of the mainstream Bible. I believe it was Jesus who put forward the description.

[How to be wise]

About 30 books since Covid started. Most of them are so thick I need to take a break from holding them!