addy-Bee t1_j8k4bnd wrote on February 14, 2023 at 10:02 PM

Unfortunately, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.

When you're a teenager used to everybody telling you how smart you are and you're reading books like this it's very easy to imagine yourself as this sort of uber-competent, hyper-focused robot dedicated to Work, and so you think you are the kind of person this ideology is made for. "I'd be able to be super rich and influential so long as I don't let the parasites get in my way!"

It's taken me 2 decades and a lot of humble pie to realize how absolutely shitty those books and that worldview are. Looking back on it, those books were absolute poison that gave me such a shitty outlook on life and other people that it became almost impossible to function in the real world.

FirefighterNo1400 t1_j8mk6v2 wrote on February 15, 2023 at 12:27 PM

What are books would you add to that category? I partially identify myself with your ideas here and want to disregard them completely.

In one way, I really strive to get the money that will allow a beautiful life on my terms. And somehow, it put me into a fantastic position at my age and in mg country.

On the other way, I want to keep being humble and not be so much influenced by this toxic mindset visible all over Twitter, Ytb, books, etc. These two ways are giving me lots of anxiety, FOMO, inner battle: “I could be doing more so I earn more. I want to live nicely and cherish my relationships.”