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Books similiar to Miyamoto Musashi

Following Sebastians suggestion I read that book and I think it was absolutely amazing. The path to self-control and modesty is very appealing to me, so this was a very inspiring read. I think its a little bit like minimalism, not just in terms of materialistic possessions, but for all areas of life (striving to get what you want vs. striving to want less) Do you guys know any other books that share or teach these philosophies (fiction/non-fiction)?

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Did you mean the historical fiction/biography "Musashi" by Eiji Yoshikawa, or Musashi's own writing on strategy such as The Book of Five Rings?

For the former, Taiko by Yoshikawa is pretty logical next read since it's his second greatest hit, and the Lone Wolf and Cub series is amazing.

If you're looking for philosophy similar to Musashi's, you might consider Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius's "Meditations"; for pure logical thinking about warfare, "On War" by Clauswitz is fantastic.

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Yeah, I haven't understood your question either.

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Want to read more? Okay, here's a few ways to do so

This follows on from "On Getting More Done – Top-down, or bottom up?" - the basic idea behind that post is you can get a lot more done by either taking on a lot more responsibilities, which forces you to adjust and use your time better - this is the "top down" strategy. Alternatively, you can slowly build and reclaim time from your life, moving your time from less meaningful areas into more meaningful areas.

But let's get more specific. I read a lot of books. Most smart people want to read a lot of books, but don't find the time to do it. So, how to read more?

This is where the bottom-up approach shines. You slowly move time from less meaningful areas to more meaningful areas.

"Sebastian, I just want to read more. I don't care about this tracking stuff."

Okay.

Serve serve serve work work work strive strive strive .... patience... keep going... persist... serve more, work more, strive more... win

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Study people that have been successful in the way you want to. Figure out what they did.

Modernize their ideas to the present day. This isn't hard, there's tons of underoptimized stuff everywhere.

Draw up something like a plan.

Okay, now - you've got to stick religiously to that plan, even when things suck. If you've drawn up your plan halfway intelligently, it probably includes a lot of serving others, a lot of working hard, and a lot of striving to improve.

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