LES LIVRES QUI ONT INFLUENCE VOTRE VIE

1. The Seat of the Soul
By Gary Zukav
There are two books that I absolutely live my life by. This is one of them. Growing up, I was always curious about religion. This book made the most sense to me; it’s about the way you live your life. I believe in karma and doing the right thing even if it may not advance you as far as you want. If every single person felt the same way about karma and intention, then the world gets fixed tomorrow. But temptation gets in the way. Zukav is right: It may take lifetimes to learn.

2. The Celestine Prophecy
By James Redfield
This is the other book I live by. It’s fiction—a guy travels to find a secret book that has a series of principles. The story is a metaphor for life: I could go left or right, I could be stuck, or I could keep advancing. Some people are happy where they are. I tried to hire a guy once, and I said, “Don’t you have ambition to be bigger?” And he said, “No, I’m good.” I had to respect that, but for me that was the wrong relationship.

3. The Odyssey
By Homer
This epic poem was kind of difficult for me to get through, but it has a beautiful rhythm. I got lost in reading about Odysseus’ struggle to get home and his longing for someone so strong, as his wife was, waiting for him. That’s like a dream—that kind of strength, love, loyalty.

4. Outliers
By Malcolm Gladwell
This book is about the principles of timing and repetition—about preparing yourself for luck, really. He talks about a hockey team, and how the players born in January had a year up on the guys born in December. They were fortunate that their birthday was early, but they also practiced—they put the work in. The book resonated with me because I was born at a time when there was an influx of incredible music into the culture, and I was lucky that my mom and pop were huge record collectors. In my house, I had music by Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, Prince, and the Commodores, and I’m listening to it every single day.

5. Purple Cow
By Seth Godin
This is straight marketing advice: Your product has to be a purple cow—it has to be distinct to have any success. You have to be clear on your product: What are you? What are you putting out there? For years I never did an ad for [my company] Rocawear, because I cared more about the quality than the face in front. I hadn’t read this book back then, but when someone puts words to feelings you have, it’s like, “Wow, that’s exactly what it is.”

6. Nigger
By Dick Gregory
I don’t know who turned me on to this autobiography, but his sense of humor and the hardships he went through stayed with me—especially the scene where he started running home from school. It led to his joining thetrack team, which led to a scholarship to college. Running opened up a whole world for him.

Le Negrier a écrit:En tout cas la liste a ete difficile a etablir:

* LA BIBLE auteur inconnu

En plus de recits sur des personnages tres controverses, ce livre contient beaucoup de proverbes et de citations de sagesse. Je ne l'ai pas encore termie en entier. Un de mes objectifs ces jours...

* LE COMTE DE MONTE CRISTO par Alexandre DUMAS

La facon d'ecrire de Dumas m'avait tout simplement ebloui. J'etais encore tres jeune quand j'ai lu cette histoire ou se mele l'amour, la haine, les trahisons, et le destin des hommes. Chaque personnage captive l'imagination de facon extraordinaire.

* AU NOM DE TOUS LES MIENS de Martin GRAY

Cette histoire d'un rescape des camps d'Aushwitz est tres inspirante. Comme disaient les soldats de Mobutu: "Mabe nde liwa" qui peut se traduire comme, seule la mort est mauvaise. Tout le reste qui peut arriver a une personne ne peut depasser la mort. Ce gars apres avoir echappe les camps de concentration, emigre en Amerique, fonde une famille doit encore tout recommencer parceque un incendie a tout brule. Quel destin...

* LA BRUTE de Guy DES CARS

Un sourd, muet et aveugle est accuse d'un meurtre. Le probleme est que IL reconnait d'avoir tue. Mais son avocat ne le croie pas coupable...
Un des mes auteurs favoris. Je vais essayer de lire ses histoires en anglais juste pour voir si l'effet sera le meme...

* LE MANDAT de Sembene Ousmane

Une histoire de grossesse, donc toujours d'actualite

* LES HAUTS ET LES BAS, UN CROCO A LUOZI, MILLE KILOMETRES A PIED de Zamenga BATUKEZANGA

Des petites histoires simples mais tres captivantes.

* Tout recemment, THE KITE RUNNER de Khaled HOSSEINI

Une histoire d'amitie et secret de famille...Tres marquante.

Je completerai la liste plus tard... Merci de nous donner cet exercice qui m'a permis de revisiter des tres bons moments dans ma vie