Writing style
Conversational · Direct
Apple BooksThink Like a Monk
Self-help
- Print length
- 352 pagesSimon & Schuster, 2020
Description
Drawing on three years spent as a monk and later work coaching stressed professionals, Jay Shetty translates monastic practices into guidance for ordinary routines. He examines how negative thoughts and entrenched habits intensify stress, obscure purpose, and disturb inner calm, then offers advice and exercises for responding differently. The book connects personal reflection with practical concerns: improving relationships, cultivating mindfulness, clarifying values, and making a meaningful contribution beyond oneself. Shetty’s approach treats a monk’s discipline not as withdrawal from modern life but as a way to engage with it more deliberately. For readers interested in applied spiritual self-help, the book organizes well-being around attention, purpose, service, and the repeated choices through which a calmer life is built.
Reading profile
About this profile
Collected’s assessment, not reader ratings. Complexity runs from 1 (least demanding) to 5 (most demanding).
- Writing
- How much attention the sentences and language require.
- Ideas
- How much interpretation or abstract reasoning the book asks of you.
- Structure
- How much you need to keep track of speakers, timelines and connections.
- Background knowledge
- Prior knowledge needed to follow the book, beyond what it explains.
- Emotional intensity
- Emotional pressure, from gentle (1) to intense (5). Separate from difficulty.
Pace
Moderate
Tone
Earnest · Hopeful · Uplifting · Warm
Structure
Argumentative
Focus
Ideas · Information · Voice
Emotional intensity
2 / 5
Reading complexity
1–5 · higher means more demanding- Writing
- 2 / 5
- Ideas
- 2 / 5
- Structure
- 2 / 5
- Background knowledge
- 1 / 5
Themes
More by Jay Shetty
Book details
For the print edition listed above.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781982134501
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