10 books to help you improve your happiness

first of all, we live longer, and secondly, we live more qualitatively. Most people always muddle along and prove that the predicament of life is not what they want. Many people do not have the desire to be happy but cannot be happy. Our lives are made up of choices. Picking up a book, attending an open class, changing jobs, and meeting a friend can all be inflection points in our lives, but years later, when we recall this, we will find that it was just a random decision. It is our own experience, vision, and thinking that drive us to make a decision.

when I bought a book today, I saw a comment on "knowing Business" on the shopping evaluation: you haven't heard about some books until you have worked for many years, while others have read them carefully before they volunteered for the third year of senior high school, which makes us have a different life.

after reading these books, it is unlikely to change our lives immediately, but they will affect our horizons and make more favorable choices when you are faced with choices. As the saying goes, "work hard on the cause, follow the fate on the result." That's the truth.

when you read these books carefully, you will certainly ask me why most of the books are basic materials for the top 100 universities in Europe and the United States. Recommending these books is similar to recommending you to be admitted to these excellent schools. It can make you have different study habits, thinking habits, and cognitive habits. When your vision is different, these habits will promote you to have better values and world views.

Wen Xin

I have repeatedly recommended this book, and people keep telling me that it is too basic. I reopen this book every year, and every time I get something new, not only in reading and writing but also in learning thinking and learning habits.

this is a book published by Kaiming Bookstore in 1934 by writers and educators Xia Xianzun and Mr. Ye Shengtao. The book is run by stories and has the advantages of dramatic and situational teaching. it not only includes "all the knowledge about Chinese" (Chen Wangdao preface) but also tells us how to improve our life ability and work skills by reading. The problems in Chinese teaching discussed in the book are still of practical significance today.

communicating the Bible: Omni-directional communication skills in listening, speaking, Reading and Writing

the original title "Mastering Communication,5e" recommends this book because it introduces the ability to obtain the information you need through "listening, speaking, reading and writing". This is very important, and there are two points involved here: speed and efficiency. Take reading, for example, the practice of reading speed in this book emphasizes at the beginning that the visual width determines your reading speed, that is, whether you read a word or a sentence at a time determines your reading speed. In terms of reading efficiency, it also introduces the skills to improve reading efficiency.

this is also the main reason why I put this book in the first place. There may be little difference between reading 100 books a year to absorb 90% of the knowledge and 20 books a year to absorb 50% of the knowledge. But there will be a significant difference if you lengthen the period, read 1000 books in 10 years, absorb 90% of the knowledge and read 200 books in 10 years to absorb 50% of the knowledge.

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the book explains in detail the skills required for all possible communication situations in "listening, speaking, reading and writing", such as phone calls, conversations, meetings, speeches, presentations, letters, reports, questionnaires, e-mails, etc., and explains non-verbal communication, listening, reading, visual communication, and how to use various visual aids to help you overcome all communication challenges all the time. Carry out good "self-development" and "career development".

"know Business"

We live in a commercialized society. Wu Xiaobo wrote a preface to "knowing Business": "Business is something that happens every day, and economics is also the principle of daily life."

many people say that the books are full of American and European business models, which are not suitable for us. At the beginning of the book, it is mentioned that EAP training is also a new career field in China a few years ago, which has been implemented abroad for a long time.

as a small part of the business community, we are unlikely to influence the development of the business model. We are more like waiting for the bus to master this knowledge before the bus comes, which can help us to better develop in the future. "understanding Business" is the most widely used introductory business textbook in American colleges and universities, covering the business environment, job hunting, entrepreneurship, business management, human resources, marketing, finance, financing, and other aspects. lead readers to fully grasp the relevant knowledge of the business operation. For those who want to make a difference in their career development, they might as well read this book to learn about the basic common sense and patterns of the business community.

get to know the Movie

this is a book that knows the weight as soon as you see the author, Louis Janetti (Louis Giannetti), Ingmar Bergman, Akira Kurosawa, Jiao Xiongping. The reason for recommending this book is that when we read Hugo and the Flying Man, we find that many people don't understand movies, such as the opening long shot, the moon in the story, and even the "metaphor" of the firm's founders. What are we going to see when we watch movies? Many people think that reading a story lies more in thinking and the inspiration and influence it can give us.

as a classic in the film introduction book, "understanding Film" tells us the means of film and television communication with profound and simple strokes and analyzes its complex language systems and elements item by item. The organizational structure revolves around the core elements of film production, which is interspersed with hundreds of beautiful pictures and incisive explanations, plus extended reading after each chapter and an important vocabulary at the end of the book. let readers absorb the most professional film knowledge in the easy reading process, to really "understand" the film.

this book is more about improving the efficiency of watching movies and getting more from movies.

Minimalist Human History: From the Big Bang to the 21st Century

the hot history curriculum of 500 middle schools in the United States interprets the inherent law of the evolution of human history from the perspectives of "increasing complexity", "collective knowledge", "human unique adaptation mechanism" and so on. If you think that the book "A Brief History of Human beings" is not quite clear, you can try this one. It tells the "History of humanity" in popular language, and it is a quick way to see the human world. It can better satisfy our curiosity about macroscopic issues such as life, the earth, and the universe.

if you buy everything: creation, you can read it again if you don't understand it. "all things" tells the track of the development of modern Homo sapiens for nearly 100,000 years, taking the Big Bang as the starting point, overlooking the whole process of human history from scratch under the magnificent background of 13.8 billion years of cosmic evolution, and constructing a big picture of human history. They introduce the same kind of knowledge, but one is in the form of cartoons and the other is in the form of words.

Professor Wang Li of Peking University presided over and summoned many experts to compile a concise book on the general knowledge of ancient Chinese culture, which has undergone four important revisions since it was published 46 years ago. Today, it is still the most important and comprehensive basic reference book for the public to understand the face of ancient Chinese culture.

the book is divided into fourteen aspects, such as etiquette and customs, patriarchal clan system, diet, clothing, and so on. This book has been published in Hong Kong and Taiwan. and has been translated into Japanese, Korean and other languages popular at home and abroad. The fourth revised edition especially employs Liu Yuanyuan (LewisEden), a Sinology expert who teaches in the United States. Take the achievements of the golden age of Chinese archaeology as the starting point. Select pictures. Correct mistakes and make up for omissions. Add the latest cultural research results from the perspective of archaeology and anthropology, through the combination of modern archaeological discoveries and traditional documents of "new evidence of ancient history", draw an interesting picture of ancient Chinese cultural life.

"knowing Art: accompanying Art I"

appreciating art itself is not to tell the origin of these works of art, but to appreciate art regardless of nationality or genre, but more from resonance, emotional, cognitive, and ideological resonance. This can help us appreciate life better, and it is also a way for us to stimulate our enthusiasm for life and make life more motivated.

since the first edition in 1985, it has been republished continuously, and has won many awards, including the best design and production awards at the New York Book Fair, and has been welcomed by teachers and students of art colleges and universities. This book adopts the method of combining history and theory, which combines the advantages of art theory and art history, so that readers have rich examples of abstract concepts when learning art theory, and in turn, they can observe the historical process of art from the perspective of theory. deepen the understanding of human artistic behavior itself.

understanding and understanding this knowledge from a utilitarian point of view is more conducive to improving our literacy and allowing us to try more fields.

Geography and Life

recommends this book because, like knowing Business, it is a book that guides you to think in a new way of thinking. The knowledge point is comprehensive, systematic, and close to people's real life.

Geography is an ancient research topic, which at first only refers to the mapping and exploration of the earth, but today it has gradually developed into a wide-ranging discipline. Geography and Life consist of 13 chapters, which are divided into four chapters, including physical geography, population geography, cultural geography, urban geography, and other branches.

key insights: secrets of effective communication

if an ordinary person wants to achieve happiness, there are two key areas of career management and self-realization. Communication between people generally requires three elements, namely, "oneself", "others" and "situation". If we can take into account these three elements at the same time, we can achieve effective communication. As the founder of Burson's global business, Robert Leif has made this point well in his 50-year career.

Robert Liff believes that effective communication is the essence of public relations. Whether it is the ever-changing international market or specific internal management; whether it is step-by-step business negotiations or rapidly changing crisis public relations, it is essentially a problem of communication between people. All need to understand themselves, be familiar with others, control the situation, and the key to effective integration of these three points lies in: concept management.

Today, social media provides a more convenient information platform for people's lives, and events around the world will be known to ordinary people in a few seconds. Therefore, public relations and concept management have also entered the homes of ordinary people from the professional stage and become the necessities of people's daily life.

"The Art of Communication: looking into people, seeing people outside"

when it comes to communication books, most people will recommend this book. It has been used as a basic university communication textbook in more than a dozen countries such as the United States and Europe for more than 30 years. The reason why it has become a grand finale is, on the one hand, because of the practicality of communication cases in the book, and partly because its rich content is the best choice for broadening its horizons.

this book not only focuses on the theoretical introduction of interpersonal communication but also adds rich and practical reading materials. 7 big columns and more than 100 articles make it easy for you to learn and apply the communication skills in the book. With the addition of an analysis of more than 50 popular American TV series, movies, and Reality Show in version 14, you can easily verify the communication guidelines summarized by the author in each chapter and make it more interesting to read.

the most important part of Xunzi's persuasion to learn: I have tasted all day and thought about it, not as much as what I have learned in a moment; I have tested it and looked forward to it, but it is not as good as to climb the heights. If you move up the heights, the arms will not be lengthened. He who sees is far away; he who cries with the wind, the sound is not a disease, but he who hears it is clear. Fake public opinion horse, non-profit foot, and to thousands of miles; fake boat, not water, but no rivers. A gentleman is born different, and he is good at being false in things.

means that the qualification of a gentleman is no different from that of ordinary people. the reason why a gentleman is higher than the average person is that he is good at making use of foreign things. Making good use of existing conditions is an important way for a gentleman to succeed.

all life is nothing more than reading, meeting people, walking, and calendar events. Reading is the cheapest way to acquire knowledge, and it is the knowledge mastered by people in different times and spaces. Reading a book that a writer has worked hard to write is like having a good conversation with him.

We combed each book vertically, so horizontally, let's sort it out according to the content. We have three important abilities to achieve happiness: self-management, communication, and self-study. These books all revolve around three abilities, and if you want to improve these three abilities, it is inevitable to talk about self-cognition, without correct self-awareness, not to mention reading, even hand-held training is to build buildings on the sand before the foundation is well done. it is futile to pursue something more advanced.

the three books "Literary Heart", "the Art of Communication" and "knowing Business" teaches us self-cognition from the beginning in terms of skills, methods, and practical practice. although the narrative methods, expressions, and angles of the three books are different, the purpose is to give us better self-cognition. If these three books let us confirm our self-cognition from our reflection, the rest of the "understanding Film", "understanding Art", "brief History of Human beings", "Common sense of Ancient Chinese Culture", "key Insight", "Communication between the Bible" and "Geography and Life" is to give you a better understanding of history, culture, and the world, and then look at yourself and reconfirm your self-cognition. The effect is like standing on high ground and looking back at your position.

"knowing Business", "communicating the Bible", "key Insight" and "Wen Xin" is not devoted to learning methods like Learning to learn: from Cognitive self to efficient Learning. but the mainline that runs through these four books is "how to learn through Life".

the Art of Communication, the Communication Bible, and key Insight all focus on communication as the theme to improve our quality of life through better communication.

the ten books Wen Xin, the Art of Communication, the Art of Communication, the Film, the Art of understanding, the brief History of Human beings, the General knowledge of Ancient Chinese Culture, the key Insight, the Communication Bible, Geography and Life belong to different fields, each have their characteristics. The main reason why I recommend them is that they show more than just knowledge. What's more, they provide a higher vision and more ways of thinking. These ways of thinking will imperceptibly change our minds, stimulate our curiosity, and then make life more enthusiastic.

Yassin's line in the movie "the son of others": "When I found out you were me, do you know what I thought?" I was thinking, now that I have started your life, I want to live a wonderful life so that you will be proud of me. In the same way, you have my life. Don't make a mess. "

We all die, and no one can change it. what we can do is how to live longer and live with better quality. Since life is limited, why not let yourself have the ability to be happy and be happy every day?