→ perspective changing books i recommend

→ ISHMAEL
By Daniel Quinn

Ishmael follows a man seeking enlightenment and looking for a teacher. He finds an add in a newspaper of a teacher who is looking for a student. It turns out the teacher is a gorilla and it explains the world to the man through an animals perspective. The Gorilla explains balance, harmony and the way of life and how the human's perception of the world is so wrong.

→ THE ALCHEMIST
By Paulo Coelho

The Alchemist is written like a kids story which makes it easy to read. It has a very meaningful lesson. The Alchemist follows a struggling merchant who owns a crystal shop on top of a desolate hill. He is a good-hearted, faithful Muslim, but has a crippling fear of change. Basically, it is about a journey of self-discovery. "When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."

→ THE FIFTH AGREEMENT
By Don Jose Ruiz, Don Miguel Ruiz, and Janet Mills

"The Four Agreements provides the foundation for breaking thousands of agreements that create needless suffering and with The Fifth Agreement, you recover all the power of your authenticity, which is who you really are when you are born." The Fifth Agreement teaches us valuable ways to be who we really are and to find freedom. I would recommend this book if you're looking for a new perspective on life.

→ A NEW EARTH
By Eckhart Tolle

Eckhart Tolle uses powerful ideas to show how transcending our ego-based state of consciousness is not only essential to personal happiness but also the key to ending conflict and suffering throughout the world. Tolle describes how our attachment to ego creates the dysfunction that leads to anger, jealousy, and unhappiness, and shows how to awaken to a new state of consciousness and follow the path to a truly fulfilling existence.

→ THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT
By Andy Andrews

"Every single thing you do matters. You have been created as one of a kind. You have been created in order to make a difference. You have within you the power to change the world." The Butterfly Effect explains how everything you do in your daily life has an effect. Andy Andrews demonstrates how this amazing concept is illustrated in our own lives by carefully observing history.