Any really impactful books that have helped you career-wise? Not necessarily consulting focused. In need of guidance and a new book so figured I'd kill two birds with one stone or whatever.

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I really enjoyed "One fish, two fish, red fish, have this deck in my inbox by 8am or you're not getting a bonus this year"

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The Defining Decade - Meg Jay

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Just finished 10% Happier that was pretty interesting. Also, highly recommend classic philosophy (Plato, Aristotle, etc). Find meaning and you'll figure out what's important to you. Haha

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Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

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Please read the Defining Decade. I bought 10 copies and gift to close friends. It's still applicable even if you are not in your 20s

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Man's Search for Meaning

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The Alchemist - quick read

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Hunger games

JK, 7 habits of highly effective people and Leading Change

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Never eat alone by Keith ferazzi was pretty good. Written by ex Deloitte CMO if I remember correctly

How To Work For A Jerk

A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William Irving and Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience.

Generations.(Strauss/Howe, 1990)

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A slight offtopic question.

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