The short way to truly know a great book.
Each great book becomes a map of its ideas. Walk it step by step, in the author's own words, and finish the whole book in one sitting. Then the book diagnoses you, and gives you the plan, the checklists, and the daily practice to live it.
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Become superhuman. A book a day, and you keep every one.
A book you read once fades fast, and it rarely changes what you do. A machine shows you how every idea leads to its result. Then the diagnosis turns the book on your own life and tells you what to do this week. Do this every day, and you hold, and use, more great ideas than anyone you know.
The whole book, from its first idea to its result. Not weeks of evenings.
Answer questions about your own life. The book shows you what holds you back, and the action to take.
One book a day is 365 great books a year, each one put to work in your life.
Then the book diagnoses you.
Reading about an idea does not change your life. Applying it does. The diagnosis asks about your own life, finds what holds you back, and gives you the action to take this week.
My pay still stops when my hours stop.
Publish one small page or recording that can earn money without you.
From knowing the book to living it.
Every book comes with the tools to change what you do, made from the author's own words.
Understand
Walk each machine and see how every idea leads to its result.
Diagnose
Answer questions about your own life. Get what holds you back, and your action for this week.
Rehearse
Decision trees for your big choices. Action cards with a checklist for the moment you need them. Rules for hard situations. Stories that show the idea in a real life.
Practice
A weekly check-in of small actions, and drills that turn each rule into a reflex.
Does your pay stop when your hours stop? Yes: hold the salary for the bills, nothing more. No: can you own a piece of this work?
Use it when your weeks feel full, but nothing builds up. Then: price your time high, and publish one page that finds its audience.
Post one small page or recording that keeps working while you sleep? Spend one hour earning with your mind, not your time?
Why not a summary, or the audiobook?
| Time for one book | What you get | |
|---|---|---|
| Book summary | Minutes | The conclusions, not the reasons |
| Audiobook | Many hours, half listening | A general feeling |
| Reading the book | Weeks | A lot, if you take notes |
| Book Machines | One sitting | Every idea, a diagnosis of your own life, and the tools to live the book |
A library that fills fast
New books arrive all the time. Every one is yours to start for free.
Start free. Go premium for every book.
Free
- Every new book in the library
- The first machine of each book, in full
- The map of the next two machines
- The diagnosis and your action plan
Premium
- Every machine of every book
- Ask the book your own questions
- Decision trees, action cards, rules, and stories
- A weekly check-in, and drills until it is habit
- The whole library, as it grows
Is this a book summary?
No. A summary gives you the conclusions. A machine shows how the author gets there, step by step, so you can use each idea yourself.
Can I really finish a book in one sitting?
Yes. Each book is a few machines, and you walk each machine step by step. Then the diagnosis turns what you walked into actions for your own life.
What is the diagnosis?
A few questions about your own life, written from the book. Your answers show which idea holds you back most, and give you one thing to do about it this week.
Can I cancel premium?
Yes. Cancel at any time from your account page.