Books
Ideas to go deeper.
Five books, written over several years, all circling the same question from different directions. Each one names who it is likely to be useful to — so you can skip the ones that are not for you.
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The Way is three things, not one.
Most people meet one of them and never discover the other two.
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01 The philosophy
The Way
For anyone anxious about the state of the world, unsure where society is heading, and unsure what one person is supposed to do with that. The book that the eight learnings come from.
Purpose Change
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02 The application
The Way Workbook
Why relationships break down, why work and home refuse to balance, why you feel stressed — and what can actually be done. The eight learnings turned into reflection and exercise.
Stress Relationships
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03 The structure
The Way Course
If you would rather be taken through it than read alone — individually, or with a team around you.
The rest of the writing
Everything else on the shelf.
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Living Stress-Free
The argument is uncomfortable and, once you have sat with it, difficult to dismiss: most stress is self-created, manufactured by conditioned thinking and the mental models we never examine. The book works from simple methods towards more demanding ones, drawing on psychological and philosophical sources.
StressBalanceSelf-awareness
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TOXICUM
Where toxicity comes from, what it does to the people around it, and detailed practical strategies for its many forms — with case studies drawn from real life rather than illustration.
A ‘must read’ for anyone wanting to manage toxicity and restore peace and balance to their life
Joy Atkinson, President and CEO of Presperse Inc, USA — on this book Difficult peopleRelationshipsCulture
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The Stairway to Happiness
What happiness actually is, the levels of it that are available, and techniques for reaching them — for yourself and for the people around you. Philosophy, cognitive psychology and spirituality, held together and pointed at something practical.
PurposeSelf-awareness
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