A User’s Manual for the Human Experience
Today Michael W. Dean brings us A User’s Manual for the Human Experience.
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
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June 13th, 2009 at 8:36 am
This book has been very helpful and I have gained a lot of insight from it. I own a copy of the paperback version, but hearing the authors words directly from him has made me realize how strongly he stands behind them. So I recommend that you listen to this book, do the homework assignments, and live a happier, healthier life.
June 13th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Once again Michael W. Dean hits the nail on the head, and hearing these bits of wisdom in his own words and voice carries his message just that much stronger. Interesting lives make for interesting people, and the author definitely has a corner on the market for both. Allow his life experience to help you make your own life better as he takes what should be common sense, but unfortunately isn’t for a lot of people, and breaks it down into a language everyone can understand . . . and of course sprinkles it with the intelligent and articulate variety of humor that only MWD can get away with. MWD gives you the tools you need to do what I’ve always called “looking at your life from outside the box”, which will allow you to put at least some of your emotions aside long enough to make rational, intelligent decisions making your life a better place to be in the process. No 12 step program needed, just 2: 1. Download, and 2. LISTEN. Then sit back and watch the Serenity Vampires drop like flies. Entertainment has never been so useful.
August 11th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
Actually, I’ve just listened one episode, but I did not like the book. There were lots of descriptions, explanations about vocabulary that made me bored and confused. The emphasis on the audience of book was irrelevant and boring as well. I would not recommend.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:09 am
I have listened to the audiobook and enjoyed it. Please read my comments on my blog:
http://ruthludlam.blogspot.com/2009/08/michael-w-dean-users-manual-for-human.html
September 30th, 2009 at 3:56 am
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 and teaser copy almost seem like they belong to another book. The author tends to ramble along and someplace there is a point in there somewhere – frequently I would miss it and have to go back only to think “well DUH”
Maybe it gets better towards the end…
June 5th, 2010 at 8:10 pm
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 and Debra Jean for everything. I bought the book, and always have it near! Hope Nestlandia is doing well.
November 10th, 2010 at 9:54 am
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, he’s practically inviting someone to go over there and rob and rape them all. His tone of voice is scornful, and gives me the impression that he thinks they deserve to have something happen to them.
He’s just a pompus, self-justified human being. Nothing worth wasting my time with.
February 8th, 2011 at 4:55 pm
a good book that spoke to me in many ways even thow i no i am some times the bad bits and thats as powerfull as the as the 12 step some rell amoshen there (yes i cryed)
(p.s. yere he dess come over as pompus thow not as bad as most aa’er}
March 21st, 2011 at 7:02 pm
This book was an inspiration for me. Specially the parts in which he shared his personal life. That alone is worth the entire book. I will recommend it to a few friends, as he suggested.
Thank Dean! You rock!
March 22nd, 2011 at 6:07 am
I think I have read the first chapter of this book 2 years ago. Somehow, as I read my comment, I disliked it. However, after finishing the whole book, I am very glad that I read it. It is inspirational and funny. I read it while I was doing my workouts in the gym, and once I run for 12K non stop because I wanted to finish 3 chapters.
Thank you Michael W. Dean ! I think you have helped me a lot
March 5th, 2012 at 3:00 am
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 and rob and rape them all.”
Nelline – I used fake names for the neighbors, and was talking about neighbors who lived next to me at a previous house. They and I had moved by the time I wrote the book. I honestly don’t think there is a person on the world who could figure out who I was talking about.
So, you got it wrong in your criticism of that part of the book.
I would never write or speak anything that would identify and endanger any innocent person.
Anyway, the world is full of people with children who would rather spend their money buying luxury items than protecting their family. Pointing that out is not news.
–Michael W. Dean
April 29th, 2012 at 6:05 am
Funny, profoundly intelligent, and direct, this book is written and read in a manner even the least educated can understand and even the most well adjusted can relate to. Common sense wisdom delivered in Michael’s gentle, relaxed tones describe all sorts of people and situations which could harm us and thwart our true sources of joy. It tells us how to defend ourselves without becoming obsessed by those who bully us, and how to build up a viable spiritual network of coping skills
May 26th, 2012 at 9:50 am
Hi Michael: I wanted to thank you very much for giving me stratagies for dealing with difficult people. It’s amazing how much better my life has become and it’s still going to get better.
I don’t agree with all your politics but I still think you and your wife are awesome people.