What book will change your life?

January 4, 2009 by Suzi Dafnis 

Today’s Sun-Herald newspaper (page 10 of Extra supplement) has Seth Godin featured in a feature called “The Books That Changed Me”. He goes on to list four books that I haven’t yet read but finishes the interview with this quote:

“Here’s the thing: the book that will most change your life is the book you write. Write it as a blog, write it as a book you publish or write it as a private diary. Doesn’t matter to me. The act of writing things down, of justifying your actions, of being cogent and clear and forthright – that’s how you change. It keeps you from lying to yourself all day long.”

Technology has made it so easy for us all to be authors – to share what we believe, to share what we learn and to change.

What book has/will change your life? Will it be your own?

Oh, by the way, the books that Seth Godin listed are:

  • Snow Crash – Neal Stephenson
  • New Rules for the new Economy – Kevin Kelly
  • See You at the Top – Zig Ziglar
  • From So Simple a Beginning: Darwin’s Four Great Books – Charles Darwin

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2 Responses to “What book will change your life?”

  1. Maria on January 4th, 2009 2:07 pm


    Hi Suzie,

    The most profound book I have read in the last few years was “Trust” by Stephen Covey (and I read a lot). It blew my concept of trust away. I always knew trust started with oneself and boundaries but didn’t truly understand the different levels of trust one could extend to others. One of things that struck a chord, was that it looked at the integrity of people (me and others). A person may have a history of demonstrating a particular behaviour that is not in agreement with your values. So you can trust this person to continue with this behaviour and have appropriate boundaries (a different take on trust). But in other areas, this person may be in complete accord with your values, and in those areas, you can extend different types of boundaries. It also gives pratical tips for people on how to improve their integrity so they can trust themselves more and so others can trust them more.

  2. sdafnis on January 4th, 2009 4:43 pm


    Thanks Maria! Appreciate your comment and the book sounds like it made quite an impact. I never looked at trust that way.