The Tools

The formula of this book is (1) place your attention here & (2) have faith in a higher force. For those people with an existing faith in “higher forces” I think this relatively simple book could be helpful. If you don't believe that higher forces will save you from the limits of your own capability and responsibility then not so helpful. The cosmology of this book is relatively old school, combined with a light smattering of psychology. After seeing Stutz on Netflix I hoped for more. In short I think it's a bit simplistic and relies too much on faith (& not in one's own potential - which I personally believe more helpful - but in a “hand up” from higher powers), which is important but not enough by itself. I do think though that they did a reasonable job in explaining each of the “tools”. Not helpful for me, but I'm sure there are people who could extract more nourishment from it than me.

4 stars for the tools, 1 star for trying to come up with a new spirituality foundation to place these tools on top of it.

Tools are not unique but a good bunch:
How to handle pain (do not escape from it)
Expanding your love towards everyone, everything unconditionally
Bring out your other shadow self out
Be grateful
And memento Mori.

All good. Even if the writers present these tools in a little different fashion, fundamentally important tools.

But then they also try to talk about a higher force, a new spirituality as basis to these tools where things go not so well for me.
I don't remember them talking about any Eastern philosophies which will be sensible thing to do instead of talking about a higher force as if its something new and their creation.

But no, they have found a new spirituality, who cares about 2500 years old philosophies that are much deeper, well thought and matured over the centuries, etc.