Is there a book or film that changed your life?

The movie "Heat" in 1995 really had an impact.

It didn't really change my life, but it opened my eyes quite a bit, because I started thinking how the main characters in the movie were able to plan out everything so strategically and thoroughly that they were ahead of the game, and for a long time too.

A group of heisters set out their plan and considered all factors that could hinder them in their path, like hidden security cameras in certain areas in stores/banks, and an easy way of escape in case the front door is crowded by cops (like using C4 on a wall). It gets really complicated but you should check out the movie, because it's awesome!

And no, I'm not about to go out and rob a bank. But it made me think - it really IS possible to plan out things ahead of time and be ahead of the game so much to the point where you feel as if you have power and control over your life, and you have a backup plan for when things could go wrong. I have to learn to do that with everyday obstacles.

Not a book, or a movie but an album.

Tool  - Lateralus

I guess after I read : The Hagakure , that I changed my thoughts on life and death. The full version, not the shortened one. I live by that book now and have for over forty years.

I read a book in my early 20's, it was called "The history of western civilization". It was the first book that completely changed my outlook on life, you could say it started my path to atheism.

Plenty.

• The Brothers Karamozav - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  
• Meditations - Marcus Aurelius (When the Emperor of Rome writes a book, YOU READ IT)
  
• The Greatest Salesman in The World - OG Mandino
• As a Man Thinketh - James Allen
• The Richest Man in Babylon - George Clason
• The Power of Habit - Charles Duhigg
• The Catcher in the Rye - J.D Salinger
  

Book's, plural. "Way of the Peaceful Warrior", "How to Win Friend and Influence People, "Speaker for the Dead", "Lies My Teacher Told Me"

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