New Book: “How to Work on Oneself”
Published on Jun 2, 2016, filed under books, philosophy (feed). (Share this on Mastodon or Bluesky?)
EPUB and PDF, with updates, at Leanpub (other options).
Doubt led me to explore ways to grow, doubt now led me to ask my editor three times whether to publish under a pseudonym: I sketched, in what resembles an essay, how to learn, how to grow, or—How to Work on Oneself.
| Format and price | Ebook (EPUB and PDF), $6.99 |
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| Kindle ebook (free app for Android and iOS), $6.99 | |
| Paperback, $9.99 | |
| Preview | Select chapters (PDF, 230Â KB) |
| Length | 43 pages |
| Sellers | Amazon |
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| Leanpub | |
| Gumroad | |
| ISBN | 978-0-9911480-4-2 |
| Latest version | 1.5.17 (bought the book, but reading an old version? contact me, maybe I can help) |
Description
How can we learn more effectively? How can we best work on ourselves? How do we grow? That is the subject of this brief book, this short sketch by interim philosopher and world traveler, Jens Oliver Meiert. A light treatise on personal growth, he goes over 20 paths to get to know ourselves, for “we are okay as we are, but we can always improve.”
→ This is the book if you opt to explore different ways of driving yourself a little crazy.
The outline:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Dilemmas
- Fundamentals
- The 20 Paths
- Learn
- Read
- Listen
- Take Notes
- Pick Excellent Sources
- Pick Unassuming Sources
- Be Cautious Around Media
- Be Suspicious of Entertainment
- Ask Questions
- Ask Yourself Questions
- Brainstorm
- Make an Effort
- Be Diligent
- Develop Routines
- Improve Skills
- Use Tools
- Change the Point of View
- Cultivate a Reflex
- Focus on the Process
- Dial It Up
- Alternatives
- Emergency Exit
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Feedback
- About the Author
- About How to Work on Oneself
❧ I’m ambivalent about this piece, yet I intend to look ahead and forward to wrapping up the next “Little Book” for O’Reilly (to come out in September here we go), and to finishing two more manuscripts. Thanks to everyone who’s supporting my work—at the moment I write more compulsively than anything.
About Me
I’m Jens (long: Jens Oliver Meiert), and I’m a web developer, manager, and author. I’ve been working as a technical lead and engineering manager for small and large enterprises, I’m an occasional contributor to web standards (like HTML, CSS, WCAG), and I write and review books for O’Reilly and Frontend Dogma.
I love trying things, not only in web development and engineering management, but also in other areas like philosophy. Here on meiert.com I share some of my experiences and views. (I value you being critical, interpreting charitably, and giving feedback.)