Self Development
Decoded
100,000+ Books
100+ Therapies
1 Solution
Doing it Your Way
There are so many books, courses and methods for self-development that fewer and fewer people find what they are looking for.
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Most of the books are just old wine in new bottles. They're marketed as solutions, but often just designed to keep you as a customer.
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Bukuru is an independent website that provides free tools that help you to...
Define Your Strategy First
You have beliefs, as does every author or therapist. Bukuru provides simple overviews of the main ideas for each major area of self-development. We cut through the marketing slogans – showing the differences and similarities – so you can compare, test and find what works for you.
"Just be your own guru."
~ Bukuru
Tools for Knowing Yourself
To apply or test your own beliefs, you need to know them. Together, your beliefs form a mental model. These often consist of elements such as thoughts, emotions, actions, beliefs, state and what area(s) to focus on. We provide free tools, examples and instructions to help you create your own mental model.
"Act and reflect upon your own beliefs,
however incorrect these may be,
and you'll become wise."
~ Bukuru
Self-Development without Books
While your mental model and our topic pages can help you select the right book, therapy type or coach for your situation, we happily provide you the tools with that we believe can achieve 80-100% of the results without spending money on a book or service.
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Discomfort: Your ability to face uncomfortable truths and changes
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Mindset: Your ability to acknowledge negative aspects of life while recognizing the positive aspects as well
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Open Mind: Your ability to recognize and investigate not only what confirms your current ideas
Therapy Type Selection
10+ Topics
Book Selection
DIY Self-Development Tools
About Bukuru
The idea for Bukuru was inspired by the work of Alan Watts, who often suggested that each person should consistently act upon their own beliefs and experiment accordingly.
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We are fully independent, don’t take commissions and don’t look for long-term clients. We just enjoy cutting through the absurdities of modern self-development and making experimentation easier.
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In addition to our free tools, we offer 30-minute private consults as a paid service. Our next project is to open a venue that's optimized for executing your own self-development strategy.
"If you got the message,
hang up the phone."
~ Alan Watts
Finding the Right Book
Trauma, purpose, parenting, spirituality? For any topic, it only takes about 5 minutes to learn how the books can be categorized. But even for such a small investment of your time there should be a clear reason. Let us explain the value of becoming good at selecting self-development books and how to do it.