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The Books I Have Gifted the Most to Other People

I read nothing but nonfiction for more than a decade. I think many of the principles and truths contained in stories are better absorbed through fiction. Zorba the Greek specifically stands out, which chronicles the adventures of this brainy, very analytical person who makes all manner of mistakes in life because of that. And then also there's a book called Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein, which is incredible. It really teaches you what I consider perhaps the ultimate operating system for thriving in high stress environments at least one of them.

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