Musashi re-created himself from nothing and rose from destitution to legend.Įver feel like you don’t quite fit in? Don’t want to follow society’s silly rules? Musashi’s transformation from talented yet conflicted young warrior to one of the greatest (perhaps the greatest) swordsman of all time teaches you about critical thinking, strategizing, and ultimately, that there is more to life than merely surviving. It’s sold more than 100 million copies in Japanese. If you’re like me and enjoy a good Samurai story – the wandering ronin, epic battle scenes with lots of penetrating (wisdom), then you’ll love Eiji Yoshikawa’s Musashi. I never expected to finish it, and I tore through it in less than two weeks. It is as thick as a Harry Potter book, probably thicker, but the pages are as thin as onion skin. I bought this book at Kinokuniya bookstore in Shinjuku, Tokyo.
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For those looking to release the inner wild man, live each day in passionate awe, and reconnect with nature, Zorba reminds us how to live fully, love lasciviously and appreciate a life in the present tense.
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Zorba himself would have you believe that words are wasteful and books a frivolous use of time (better spent dancing barefoot on the beach), but Zorba the Greek is stuffed like a grape leaf full of life-altering wisdom. Finding myself with my head frequently stuck up my own ass, this book is a constant companion and reminder to step outside of my brain.
It pits the instinctive against the intellectual, the simpleton (brilliant at times) against the over-thinker. I have recommended this outstanding book before. Now, if people ask me, for instance, “Which books should I read on leadership?”, I might reply: “ Dune and Ender’s Game.” I’ve come to look for practical solutions in both fiction and non-fiction.įor those of you who are stuck in the business or how-to sections, as I was for decades, I offer you 10 fiction books that might change how you view the world… and how you perform. I began reading fiction to “turn off” and instead saw breakthroughs in creativity and quality of life as a side-effect. My time of reckoning came when I needed to fix insomnia, and non-fiction business books before bed just compounded the problem. Read something that someone just made up? I can do that myself, thanks. (Photo: Kevin McNeal)įor a mere 20 years or so, I refused to read fiction. The dunes that inspired Dune: Agate beach sand dunes.
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