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My Thoughts on the Books I Read!

Man's search for Meaning - The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust

Author: Viktor Frankl Publication Date: 1946
2024-11-24 3 min read Sincheenz

Anguish is unique to each person. No one can fully understand another’s pain, and it’s not helpful to tell someone there are others suffering more. However, it is comforting to know that those who have endured far greater pain have found ways to cope, and that gives you hope that you can manage yours as well.

This book is not about what you need to do to attain bliss and be in a constant state of happiness. Rather, it tells you that seeking happiness should not be a goal. “Happiness cannot be pursued, it must ensue. One must have a reason to be happy. Once the reason is found, however, one becomes happy automatically.”

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Behave - The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

Author: Robert M. Sapolsky Publication Date: May 2017
2024-09-24 3 min read Sincheenz

This is not a book you can casually read before bed’at least not for me. It’s filled with a wealth of information on neuroscience, psychology, studies conducted, papers published, and more. It was very interesting, and I learned so much from it. It took me a while to read, as I had many interruptions, which meant I had to go back and reread several chapters.

The book is about why we behave the way we do’what makes us congenial, aggressive, possessive, or averse. The author explores how several factors influence our behavior. He starts by explaining what happens at the very moment we display a particular behavior, and then explains, how what happens - a few minutes, hours, days, and all the way back to how events during adolescence, or even in the womb, could have contributed to many of the reactions we show today.

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