Afterword

When finishing this manuscript I observed many “maybe’s”, “perhaps’s”, “eventually’s”. Was what I wrote so vague and frail? Would it lend itself to anything of value and import? Would it cause confusion rather than clarity?

I’m convinced that when it comes to the underlying idea for this brief book, to explore options to work on ourselves, it meets that expectation. I’m also certain, on the basis of years of academic and unacademic study, that there is no “formula” that would warrant a clear, a proven, a “right” way of learning and working and growing. As such, I believe maybe’s and perhaps’s and eventually’s aren’t just normal but necessary.

That there are eventualities because there is no formula is a minor point. The major point is still the idea that while we learn, and perhaps are here to learn, we can do much to learn, then do more to learn, and with that, work more on ourselves, and through that, grow. And so working on ourselves means growing, and our growth not only benefits us—but everyone.

All the best.

PS.
In the weeks between finishing and publishing this manuscript, I’ve collected more important data relevant to the effectiveness (as well as the boundaries) of the belief work I touched under Fundamentals. Similarly, I’ve noticed how I had personally overshot with some of what I’m presenting in this little book, to an extent that I had turned too “OCD,” too focused on problems, too obsessed with learning, which may have impeded instead of boosted my own growth.

As said method to work with our beliefs does, as mentioned, deserve a separate stage, and as eagerness does not invalidate methods, I’ve decided not to alter the manuscript.