I just wanted to thank you for sharing your manifesto with the world. It truly was an inspirational document that I found great value in. I just finished reading your book, The Education of Millionaires, and found that to be one of the single most meaningful books I’ve ever read in my life. I’m a 19 year old man and I just Uncolleged myself by signing a leave of absence for a year to go travel around the world on my own. I really enjoy your writing and I can’t wait to see what else you have in store for all of us.

All the Best,
Adam

Anyway, I believe MY LIFE WILL BE CHANGE AFTER READING YOUR BOOK.

Many thanks and good health to you, Michael.
thanh, WA

And here you’ve written an ode to opening. Here are some of the words that drive it home for me:

Pain is not suffering. We talk about it as though it is, but everyone knows it’s not. Do you like spicy food, or deep massage, or the pain from a good workout? What about reading a sad book? Pain is an attention signal–”hey, look over here!”, and suffering is created by resisting it. Reality is not vague, and it will never go away just because we stop looking at it. We can try to censor our own experience, but we can’t even fool ourselves. Notice what happens the next time you’re suffering. What are you resisting, and how big have you let it grow by trying to push it away? When there’s something I’m trying not to look at, it will begin to overwhelm my sensorium and make me think that *I am it*. Observe your sense of being. Accept the attention signals. Look directly into the pain.

The best advice anyone ever gave me was “You gotta be the hero of your own story.” (or the star of your own movie)
I found a similar vibe from reading your work. Inspiring, paradigm changing.

With this and the Tucker Max piece, I see a height of honesty/openness/authenticity that I hope one day I will be able to achieve, even if only for a short time.