Bruce Fingerhut Recommends Best Mind-Expanding Books

Enjoy my list of some of my favorite eye-opening and life-changing books:


-- Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely

-- The Art of War by Sun  Tzu

-- Siddharta by Herman Hesse

-- The  Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

-- The Road Less Travelled by  M.Scott Peck

-- Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael  Pollan

-- The Power of Now by Eckert Tolle

-- Man's Search for  Meaning by Victor E. Frankl

-- The Doors of Perception by  Aldous Huxley

-- Tuesdays With Morrie -- Mitch  Albom

--  The Case for Israel -- Alan Dershowitz

--  The Four Hour Body --  Tim  Ferriss

--  The Four Hour Workweek --  Tim  Ferriss

-- The  Art of Happiness -- Dalai Lama

--  Start-up  Nation by Dan Senor & Saul Singer

--  Think and Grow Rich -- Napolean  Hill

-- The Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan  Millman

-- The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge --  Carlos Castaneda

-- Autobiography Of A Yogi  by Paramahamsa Yogananda

amazing stuff!!

Bruce Fingerhut -- writer, strategic media consultant, life and job coach, and mentor

Bruce Fingerhut's Quora Answer to the question:

How to stop myself changing goals too often?

This is the worst part in my life so far.  I have no clue why this is happening to me.  I thought of becoming a teacher, studied computer science and then accounting and then to mathematics and Media science.  Honestly, I keep on changing a lot but never stay focused to finish it. If I feel like I want to do programming for rest of my life, I want to do computers and then I change for something that's more economically sound.  How to just pick the right major and stick with it and complete my graduation?

If you can please suggest, I would be thankful.

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First of all:  Stop worrying!

There are great advantages in getting the kind of broad background that you are getting in a number of areas of study...not the least of which is figuring out what you DON'T want to do.

Most people scarcely get the opportunity to look around and see what's out there.  You are.  And, while it is perhaps causing temporary confusion, this is your mind's way of considering the options, weighing pros and cons, thinking things through, etc. etc.

Keep at this as long as you need to.  It's fine.  You're getting closer to your answer with every step.

However, since you seem in a rush, I'll give you two simple thoughts to help in your consideration:

1)  Try -- hard as it may be -- to NOT focus on the issue of money for this brief exercise.  You are letting the worry of "economic soundness" cloud your thinking.  Just take that out of the equation for about two minutes.

There are waaay too many people in the world who are miserable at their well-paying jobs.  If you have a career and job you like, trust me, you will be able to make enough money to be comfortable.

Which leads me to:

2)  Ask yourself this simple question:  "From what I know now, If I had to do ONE thing for the next 30 years... 8 to 12 hours a day... 5 or more days a week...what would it be?"

You will be able to cross a line through most -- not all -- of your possible fields of interest if you give this exercise a short bit of your attention.

But -- you say -- you still have several areas on your list. 

OF COURSE YOU DO!

And therein lies the ultimate answer for you at this point in your life:  You CAN'T POSSIBLY have all the answers at this stage of your life!

Pick one (or two) that most interest you and that you most enjoy currently.  And play them out.  They will lead you down a path.  That path will have dozens of switchbacks and changes in direction.  You WILL -- and SHOULD -- change course along this journey.  Hell... that's what its all about.

At the very least, you will find a Major (and a Minor, perhaps)... and you will be on your way.  Where it leads next... to be determined...

good luck!