The Power of Now
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolleby Eckhart Tolle
Shares rank 6 of 22 self-help books by recommenders
People recommend it for explaining how identity and self-worth fuel suffering and for clear wording that made ideas click.
People recommend it for explaining how identity and self-worth fuel suffering and for clear wording that made ideas click.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Works personally and has deep impact
“can have profound impact on ones life”
Comment from 8 Mar 2026 in “Ask HN: How to Be Alone?” “that surprisingly works for me”
Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “How do you "step through" your own anxiety?”
Other self-help books people recommend
The four most recommended other self-help books, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| How to Win Friends and Influence Peopleby Dale Carnegie | 67 | 25 | 73% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Atomic Habitsby James Clear | 20 | 2 | 91% | 11 | — | Approved |
| The Easy Way to Stop Smokingby Allen Carr | 9 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
| Feeling Goodby David D. Burns | 8 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
| The Power of Nowby Eckhart TolleThis page | 7 | 1 | 88% | 6 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“he packages the concepts into very good words, so it made something click”
“took away a misconstrued toolkit for dealing with an active mind”
“can have profound impact on ones life”
“I highly recommend the book, the Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle, it has a free audiobook on YouTube too.”
“Tolle talks about how much of our suffering comes from how deeply we (understandably) tie our core identity and self-worth”
“that surprisingly works for me”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.