A User's Manual for the Human Experience
Michael W. Dean
Read by Michael W. Dean
Learn to block and delete idiots from your life. Remove addiction to bad people, drugs, alcohol, government and more (WITHOUT MEETINGS!) Then use your new-found time and energy to MAKE A LIVING DOING WHAT YOU LOVE, like the author does.
A USER'S MANUAL FOR THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE is a libertarian manifesto for getting healthy, getting brilliant, maximizing potential and changing the world.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS BOOK:
"Part intellectual memoir, part self-help book. Michael W. Dean's Practical Emotional Self-Defense (PESD) techniques flow from a wealth of life experiences, both positive and negative. 'The Only Two Rules in Life' have some radical, refreshing implications." --Jason Sorens, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo, SUNY), founder of the Free State Project
"You owe yourself the opportunity to step outside your comfort zone and put yourself in the court with this modern-day Socrates."
--Pastor Kenneth V. Blanchard, Sr., author of Black Man with a Gun
“I knew Michael Dean back in the day, when he was a 19-year-old punk rocker with an appetite for self-destruction. I honestly didn’t think he’d live to be 30. But guess what? It turns out that Michael isn’t just a survivor; he’s a survivor who’s learned how to enjoy life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness after recovery. For everyone who wants to know how to stay sane, develop a great work ethic, and make a mark on the world, Michael Dean has a great story to tell."
--Professor Michael Bérubé, Ph.D. (Penn State), author of What’s Liberal About the Liberal Arts? and Life as We Know It
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
An anagram for "Michael Dean" is "Deal Machine," and that truly fits. Dean never sits on his laurels, and he's constantly working hard and well in new directions. Michael Wareham Dean is the author of the books "$30 Film School", "$30 Music School", "$30 Writing School", "Starving in the Company of Beautiful Women", "The Simple Pleasures of a Complex Girl", "DIY NOW! Digital Audio" and "YouTube: an Insider's Guide to Climbing the Charts."
He runs the libertarian pop-culture blog, Stink Fight.
Michael directed the films "Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow" and "D.I.Y. or DIE: How to Survive as an Independent Artist." Michael played guitar in the band The Beef People. He sang and played bass in Baby Opaque and Bomb (Warner Brothers).
Michael W. Dean and his wife Debra Jean Dean are both professional voiceover artists, and also run The Nestlandia Institute, a think tank. They live in an undisclosed location in Southern California with their three cats. They plan to move to a farm in rural Wyoming this fall.
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KD
Ever look at young "live fast, die pretty" people and try to imagine where their mind will be in 20 years? Ever experience the stereotypes of California culture? Well here you go. An aging caricature of a So Cal punk shares his predictable personal evolution and conclusions from a very obvious cultural background influence.
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The Reader
Heck no! He is very rude. It seems to me that he thinks that everybody is weak and inferior in his eyes. Also, It was quite boring to me. I don't really care about what the world thinks or how it acts. I do my own thing. Also, who thought of that music?? Ugh it does not fit in with the book. Do not read. It is insulting and rude. Thumbs Down.
By: Nelline
I tried listening to this, got to chapter 4 and just had to stop. How can anyone take advise from a man who points out in detail that his nearby neighbors are weak, unprotected, with children, and no means of defense for someone breaking into their home? Using their names, ...
By: Michael W. Dean
Responding to Nelline who said, "How can anyone take advise (sic) from a man who points out in detail that his nearby neighbors are weak, unprotected, with children, and no means of defense for someone breaking into their home? Using their names, he’s practically inviting someone to go over there ...
Three sentences to summarise
PranBharg
Almost every sentence of this audiobook can be tagged as one of these three sentences: 1. I am better than you. 2. You can be better than me. 3. Here is a nugget of biographical information from my life
E
I have tried to listen to this but I am so put off by that song at the beginning. The first time I thought wow that was kinda cool but the third, fourth, fifth time? Nope. Sorry. Wish I could actually listen to your book without having to listen to that garbage.
By: Greg
I could not make it past episode 2. This 'self help' book is more like those bad stories your dad used to try to tell you to teach you about life, you know, the ones he would break out on long car trips when you couldn't get away. The title ...
By: Jude
I absolutely love the book. Listened to the podcast as it came out originally, and was hooked. I love the fact that Michael puts it out there with honesty, and common sense. Living a life of liberty, free from the world of followers we see normally in life. Thanks Michael ...