Read These Books for an Instant Dose of Perspective
A list for anyone struggling to see beyond this pandemic moment
Over the past year, we’ve all been tested. Many of us have failed.
The pandemic made some of us callous. It infected others with conspiracy theories. Too many of us gave into apathy and chaos, losing all sense of structure (and spending who knows how many hours watching Netflix). Now, with the pandemic in the home stretch, but still with us, we have to get serious. We have to get serious about the tried and tested way to wisdom: reading.
Books are an investment in yourself — one that can come in many forms: novels, nonfiction, how-to, poetry, classics, biographies. Reading is the way to gain easily what others have gained by difficult experience. Why wouldn’t you avail yourself of this wisdom?
With that in mind, here are 18 books — some new, some old — that will help you live better and be better, no matter the time or circumstance.
Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual by Jocko Willink
Maybe right now, you’re stuck at home, or you’re not working, or your kids are still going to school on Zoom. Your normal way of doing things has been significantly altered. Well, it’s when things are chaotic and crazy, when the world feels…
