Short answer: survey first. Then book. Then the app, when it launches.
Long answer takes about five minutes.
Why survey first
The survey takes five minutes. The book takes about four hours. The survey gives you a map of where you currently are. The book is most useful when you read it with a map in hand, because then the chapters stop being abstract and start being about your Mind dimension, or your Boundaries problem.
Without the map, the book reads like good general writing. With the map, it reads like advice that knows your address.
Also: the survey is free and the AI report is free, so there's nothing to lose. Take it now, before you spend money on anything else. Here.
Why the book second
The book is the source text for the philosophy. The survey, the blog, the app — everything else — refers back to it. If you want to know why Selfism uses a word like "throne" or what "thermostat not thermometer" actually means at depth, the book is where the unabridged version lives.
You don't need the book to use the framework. You can run the practice from the survey results and the manifesto. But the book is the deepest version of the work, and it's where the metaphors come from. If a chapter title in the app confuses you, the chapter is probably in the book.
The book is on Amazon. It's also coming inside the app for subscribers when the app launches.
Why the app third, when it launches
The app is the daily-practice version. Scenarios. Audio. The AI coach trained on the book. A private community. The Selfist Score and dimension breakdown that follow you over time, so you can actually see whether the practice is working.
It's a paid subscription, but you start with a 3-day free trial. We don't charge during the trial. Cancel before day three and you owe nothing.
The reason the app is third — and not, say, before the book — is that the app assumes you already know what the framework is. It's the gym, not the textbook. If you haven't read the textbook, the gym will feel arbitrary.
If you only do one thing today
Take the survey. The rest can wait.
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Take the Selfist Score →If you want more reading before you commit to the survey, the foundations posts are linked below. They're long-form versions of the philosophy and they all make sense without the survey results. They just make more sense with them.