Band 6: Describe a book that significantly influenced your perspective. You should say: - What the book is about - When you read it - What you learned from it And explain why it changed your way of thinking. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Reading books is one of my hobbies that I always enjoy in my leisure time. I generally read books about life lessons and some phenomenal artists who had a successful journey. Here I'm going to describe a book named Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson. This book discusses how a change in someone's life can influence their whole perspective and how it can change their rationale about life. I read this book when I was 20 years old, and I found it in one of the libraries at my college. I usually go to the library to look for books that are interesting and can be really engaging. So I came across this book, started reading it, and from the moment I read it, I really felt inspired by it, so I continued to read it and then completed the whole book. The major change I experienced in my life after reading that book is that I gained more insight into how to deal with difficult situations in life and how I can learn from my mistakes without regretting them. Having a real influence on your life is really challenging, and how to handle that can be learned from a book, which is as simple as you can find anywhere. Overall, this was my experience when I read a book that significantly changed my perspective about something.

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Reading books is one of my hobbies that I always enjoy in my leisure time. I generally read books about life lessons and some phenomenal artists that had a successful journey. Here I’m going to describe about a book which is named as Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer John. This book discusses how a change in somebody’s life can influence their whole perspective and how it can change their rationale about life. This book was, no, this book I read about when I was 20 years old and I found this book in one of the library at my college. I usually go to the library to look for books which are interesting and can be really engaging. So I came across this book and I started reading it and from the moment I read it I really felt admired from it so I continued to read it and then I completed the whole book. The major change that I had in my life after reading that book is that I gained more exposure about how to deal difficult situations in life and how I can learn from my mistakes without even regretting from them. So having a real influence on your life is really challenging and how to treat that can be learned from a book, which is as simple as you can find it anywhere. Overall, this was my experience when I read a book and it significantly changed my perspective about something.

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