Great new ebook ‘Maxims for Mavericks’ is a quest against mindless conformity which provides motivation to create and enjoy an uncommon life, a life on your terms.
Once in a while it really hits people that they don't have to experience the world in the way they have been told to.
– Alan Keightley, Author
What is a Maxim?
According to the eighteenth-century Russian philosopher, Immanuel Kant, a maxim is a self-created rule or belief that composes our internal playbook; it’s part of a code that we consult when making the very decisions that shape our life. Our maxims lie behind every action and, therefore, contribute to every outcome we experience.
“May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions was to become universal law”
-Immanuel Kant (From Groundwork to a Metaphysics of Morals.’ 1785
If you found this ebook inspiring and want more where that came from:
- Charlie Hoehn’s “Recession-proof grad” – has a free ebook that advises actions recent grads should take to get noticed and start doing the work they want to do, rather than settling and taking what they can get as an entry-level job. (hint: it’s the exact opposite of what you’re probably doing now). His recent TEDx talk
- Chris Guillebeau and The Art of Non-Conformity – his work covers broad strokes of living an unconventional life, building your own something, world domination, and travel. Chris also spoke at the same TEDx conference
- Ramit Sethi's I Will Teach You to be Rich – excellent and entertaining tips for young people on personal finance, earning more money, great interviewing and negotiation tactics (including scripts), and the psychology of effective behaviour change.
Great work like this is largely what has motivated me to follow through with various travel adventures and plan how to steer my own life, both personally and professionally.
Never settle.
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