Comments on: 4 Authors Every Man Needs to Know

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:39:00 +0000

Great article, Chad.
I believe that Dan John should be an author on everyone’s list. With him included you would make a well-rounded human who kicks ass personally, physically, professionally, and socially.
As for books that I would add:
– Fight Club by Chuck Palahnuik
– The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene
– Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
– Letters from a Stoic by Seneca
– Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

By: Chad Howse

Chad Howse — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 13:19:00 +0000

In reply to Shane Latham. Appreciate it Shane!

By: Chad Howse

Chad Howse — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 13:18:00 +0000

In reply to CE Martin. Agreed. I need to add to it and definitely look over the writers mentioned here. Thanks for the head's up on that.

By: CE Martin

CE Martin — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 13:13:00 +0000

Your list seems lacking… where’s Jack London or Lester Dent–manly men who adventured in life and on the written page. Where’s Ian Fleming or Warren Murphy? Warren Murphy is 80 and still writing manly action novels that fly in the face of feminism and metrosexuality.

By: Shane Latham

Shane Latham — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 15:31:00 +0000

I have Napoleon Hill’s ‘Think and Grow Rich” on my iPod and I listen to it on my commute. At first I was very skeptical, especially of how he seemed to be baiting the audience with his discussion of “the secret.” I’m still working on it, but the power of persistence evidenced in some of the stories (such as the story of Edwin Barnes working with Thomas Edison) is very powerful. I’m currently reading “The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business” by Josh Kaufman. Very helpful. “Getting Things Done” has helped me tame my ADHD somewhat. “Fight Club” is the only book I have ever read in one 2.5 hour sitting! Thanks for all you do Chad, you inspire me to stop the self-pity and negative thoughts and get to work!

By: ami

ami — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 23:03:00 +0000

Reading wrong books, which means, almost any book, may be very dangerous to any one´s psyche. Why do I say that? Most people, who write a book or even many books, have usually read perhaps 100s of books, written by persons, who have wrong opinions about being a good person. How can I say so?
During my life of almost 77 years of age, I have been listening to people´s thoughts and opinions. Most people seem to be childish. They don´t really know anything about the main details, materials, of which a good personality should me built. A just person never lies, he is never violent in his hidden thoughts, he understands, that he/she was born to help others, not to be greedy, a powermonger or thinking always only to be rich, to get, to receive, to conquer, to win, to be better than others, the most powerful, the most noticed, the wisest. This list could be continued on and on and on… A good person is willing to use a lot of his/her time to give something, that other people need, friendship, understanding, interest, is always willing to listen to others, who have difficulties, to give a helping hand, to educate, i.e. agape love, that means unselfish warm feelings towards the suffering, the lacking, the needing, the sick, the poor etc.
You probably know too well, what kind of books most people are reading nowadays? Are they really worth reading, educating, making our thoughts more positive, more unselfish, more empathetic?
That kind of thoughts we would need, not stories about the so-called “heros”, who kill for fun or other reasons. Here in Spain the matadors (in English: killers) are plain bull-illtreaters, murderers. They are very highly honoured men… Our children learn from our opinions and habits. They see, what kind of books we read, they watch our behaviour, and that makes them, what kind of individuals they will be later in life. Because a human being is an imitator. We are a sum of our experiences, nothing more!