Self-Reliance
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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What people on Hacker News said
He writes precisely to be inspiring. He teaches you to be yourself. But also at first it was as though he'd had written about 10,000 things I'd experienced but thought were impossible to describe.
Two essays that have brought me to where I am in so many ways: "An Apology for Idlers" by R.L. Stevenson - neither key word is the obvious meaning. And "Self-Reliance" by R. W. Emerson.
Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden Meditations by Marcus Aurelius I'm still working my way back in time, but so far these three are great!
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