How to Live Book Club
Improve your speaking and vocabulary by reading about and discussing conflicting life philosophies.
‘How to Live Book Club’ is an online book discussion group for upper-intermediate and advanced learners of English that will help you develop fluency and vocabulary as well as critical thinking skills.
Read key chapters of How to Live by Derek Sivers, a modern philosopher, discuss them online with me and a small group of English learners from around the world and get feedback on your English too.
This book club is for you if you'd like to:
- read a book that will make you think about how you live your life.
- expose yourself to real English by reading an authentic book.
- get plenty of opportunities to express your opinions and share personal stories about how you live.
- get different perspectives on life from other participants as they'll too share stories about how they live their lives.
- develop your speaking fluency.
- have a private online forum where you can ask all the questions you want about the language used in the book.
The Book
This is how the author describes his book:
“Not quite non-fiction, not quite self-help. It’s a work of art about conflicting philosophies.
Many books believe they know how you should live. But each book disagrees with the next. In “How to Live”, each chapter believes it knows how you should live. And each chapter disagrees with the next.
One chapter makes a compelling argument for why you should be completely independent, keeping all options open. The next chapter argues why you should commit to one career, one place, and one person.
One chapter persuades you to be fully present, and experience each moment. The next, to delay gratification and invest for the future.
Which one is right? Which does the author believe? All of them. It’s a philosophy of conflicting philosophies. A very unique and thought-provoking book. Meant for reflection as much as instruction.
113 incredibly succinct pages of profound insights. No philosophers are quoted. No -isms are named. Only actionable directives. The end result feels more like poetry than prose.”
Available on PDF, Kindle, Paperback, Audiobook on Amazon or on Derek’s website – https://sive.rs/h
Read sample chapters here or a sample of the audiobook here.
"Best way to be engaged in learning"
“I enrolled in Fabio’s course on reading Derek Sivers’ ‘How to Live’ because I love reading non-fiction books, and I know that it is essential to discuss content. With Fabio it’s possible to do everything in English, improving reading and speaking skills, and I did improve it. It was incredibly marvelous to find out different perspectives on different ideas of ‘how to live’, time had been flying while we were speaking. Isn’t it the best way to be engaged in learning? That is why I may highly recommend this course to anyone whose aim is to become better in English.”
Tanya from Russia
How much does it cost?
How to Live Book Club
120€
- 5 sessions (1 hour each)
- Private Telegram channel
- Language feedback document
- Recording of the meeting
*The cost of the book is not included. You can easily buy it on Amazon or on Derek’s website.
The online meetings helped me to carry on reading the book without procrastinating in order to keep up with the rest of the group. Discussing the main topics of the book with others and listening to their personal experiences brought out lots different perspectives and points of view that I wouldn't have thought about otherwise.
I found the book itself really interesting and full of inspirational knowledge about storytelling, not only on how to develop and tell stories, but also on how to find them in your everyday life.
Fabio was an awesome moderator, always keeping the conversation going and stimulating all of us to express ourselves.
I really liked the atmosphere of a
real book club in which all the members bring their best ideas on how to
build a good story. I learned that if you
want to tell a touching and captivating story there are some important rules
to follow.
It was good for my English because in thinking and telling stories you are
always learning new words, idioms and phrases as well as listening to
other stories and learn.
I enjoyed a lot because all the member are involved into the conversation
and it motivates you to speak.
Fabio is a
great moderator and a good teacher who is able to instill passion in the
participants.
It was an amazing opportunity to read a great book together with nice interesting people. If you want to practise storytelling, this club is the best place. Thank you, Fabio, for this idea. It was interesting and useful.
It's surprising to me that I got a lot of ideas about how to find grateful and amazing things in life after joining the book club! Also, it's inspired me to write my story!! I'm very thankful that there was a group and we could speak about and discuss the book.
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"Learning about storytelling will improve your English but also deepen your connection with yourself and others."
I've already started writing stories to share with my close ones.
I took notes about the book and then reused them during the call, which is great to memorize new concepts or vocabulary.
I enjoyed sharing my understanding and views on the book with other members. This really helps when you acquire new knowledge and skills. Fabio's feedback was extremely useful, both regarding the form and content.
The last part of the book club was really challenging: we participated in his podcast, telling our own personal story. I enjoyed getting out of my comfort zone.
I would recommend this book club to anyone willing to improve their English in a meaningful and special way, willing to know more about storytelling and why it matters.
Julie from France
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