Comment by 🚀 clseibold
Re: "Lately I've been reading a lot of non-fiction books,…"
@Nexy Makes sense. I agree I wouldn't call Byung-chul han's burnout society a self-improvement or self-help book, personally, so I guess that's where the confusion for me lied. I apologize.
I still think books like Burnout Society are vastly superior to the actual "self-help" genre.
Also, Burnout Society is a great book! We read it for our Christian Spirituality class in college.
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2025-04-20 · 1 year ago
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🌻 Nexy [OP] · 2025-04-20 at 02:58:
Byung-Chul write very good books! I read some others of him and all expand more his way of view the world, they all are very nice.
and yeah, I don't think also Byung its a self-help writer, more just a philosopher, thats why I say "not a but in the topic".
But "the topic" it's "books that actually helped you in your life" so any recomenation was was very meningful for you it's welcome!
🌻 Nexy [OP] · 2025-04-20 at 03:00:
Probably I explained myself pretty bad since english in not my native lenguage, sorry if I'm not able to express myself well
🚀 stack · 2025-04-20 at 03:45:
Here is a fascinating example of a verbal attack!
You started with a request for self-improvement books, but were quickly upstaged, something "better" pushed, and you ended up apologizing!
This is precisely the kind of bullying Elgen books provide the tools for.
I could take it apart for you if you want and show you the tricks used to manipulate you into submission and apologies, if you want.
🌻 Nexy [OP] · 2025-04-20 at 04:10:
I just said sorry to de-escalate the situation so it wouldn't become a discussion I didn't want to have.
I was looking for if the book you named existed in epub, but it doesn't seem to exist in that format nor was it reissued, but there are many with similar titles by other authors.
🦂 akrabu · 2025-04-20 at 05:04:
@Nexy Found an epub on the Internet Archive. Also found a PDF of the sequel!
— The Gentle Art of Verbal Self Defense
— More on The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense
🌻 Nexy [OP] · 2025-04-20 at 05:12:
Yes I found that one, but is a scan of the book and not an actual e-book for e-readers. Very nitpicking Ik lol. but read scans in a ereader is not a good experience.
🦂 akrabu · 2025-04-20 at 05:16:
@Nexy If you click the "epub" link under "download options" for the first one, it is indeed a bonafide epub
🌻 Nexy [OP] · 2025-04-20 at 05:20:
Oh you are right! not well preformated but readable, ty!
🚀 clseibold [🛂] · 2025-04-20 at 05:29:
@Nexy I have a lot of non-fiction books in my big list I posted by the way. I just wanted to add some fiction books, because I think they're oftentimes underrated or undervalued.
🦂 akrabu · 2025-04-20 at 05:43:
@Nexy I created a "kepub" version for my Kobo that might look cleaner for you
🚀 stack · 2025-04-20 at 10:47:
Verbal assault is used to assert authority and project apparent expertise, as well as dominate the space.
Our society often rewards such behaviour, calling it 'leadership skills' and sociopaths become really good at it.
@akrabu, thank you
🌻 Nexy [OP] · 2025-04-20 at 12:55:
@clseibold I also like fiction, and I don't think they are any less in any way. I've read some of the books on your list and i like them. I was just coming off a string of really good non-fiction books and wanted to talk about them in a more individual way.
@akrabu Thank you for taking the time to do that, I really appreciate it ✨
@stack Society rewards sociopaths in a multitude of ways in this system we live in.
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Lately I've been reading a lot of non-fiction books, especially self-help books, since I'd like to be a better person and lead a healthier life. well, I think it might be a good idea to share the books that helped me the most of all the ones I've read lately: "Stolen Focus" helped me a lot to understand how my attention was destroyed so much and how to interpret the signs that corrupt it, and then "The Courage to Be Disliked", I think this is the book that by itself helped me the most, this...