Finding Freedom in an Unfree World

Let's start with the good news.

Dave L., a member of my community, just wrote to share this story:

Tom's fitness call may have saved my life.... I have lost 50 pounds, gone from a 40-inch to a 32-inch waist, from pre-diabetic to no risk, and from a high heart attack risk to low.

This has been a very difficult year for me, and I have no doubt that the person before Tom's fitness call would have been handling it with junk food and alcohol. I most likely would have gained 50 pounds. Instead, with a lot of help from the group, I shrug it off and keep going.

Just days before I wrote this, Derek R. wrote to say:

Last week, I had the breakthrough I was looking for when I joined your group. I accepted an offer from a local company with a 33% pay increase, better benefits, and responsibilities that fit where I want to take my career.

What helped was your accountability groups, especially Barb Williams. On top of the 1:1 guidance, she made many introductions for me, and connected me to Alanna L., with whom I was able to barter for her career coaching skills.

When I start my job in another week, I won’t be struggling to put food on the table. I won’t have to agonize over having to keep my kids out of activities they work hard to excel at. And, most importantly, I can get back to tithing.

Thank you so much for putting this community together.

Then I heard from Camisha R., who wrote to say:

I’ve just formed a Mastermind partnership with a young lady I met from one of the accountability groups. That “third mind” formed Napoleon-Hill style — she and I are so excited. We will amplify results because we’re checking in DAILY.

This is a godsend. One of the most valuable contributions anyone has made to my life. We’re going to make you proud, Tom! Just keep doing what you’re doing. The right people are going to find you. This space you’ve created is magical.

I have a whole bunch more of those. But I promised you some bad news, so here it is.

The bad news: crazy and sinister people, who also happen to despise you, have gained control of every major institution in the Western world.

They're destroying the money you use, colonizing your children's minds with weird ideologies, and making your society increasingly unlivable.

The more good news: I've assembled an extraordinary community of normal people who are putting their heads and talents together to navigate this hostile world -- and not merely to survive it, but even to prosper and thrive in it, while also fighting back against it.

If you have the sense that maybe we've reached a point where writing angry letters to the editor just isn't going to cut it anymore, well, that's exactly where I am, too.

I still write, and I still record my podcast, but nowadays I'm more focused on helping people become unbreakable in a world that hates them.

Hence the Tom Woods School of Life.

And I'm inviting you to take it for a spin for a full 30 days for just a buck.

Inside the School of Life we learn something practical every single month that makes us smarter, stronger, more prosperous, and better insulated against the psychos who rule us.

Also: we keep each other accountable in our small groups. Whatever your goal is, we'll help you get there. Whether it's

becoming physically fit and losing weight;
leaving that soul-crushing corporate job;

getting that book published;
starting a business so you're not tethered to The Man

our members have done all of these things and many more. Whatever your goal, you'll have much more success in our groups -- where you get excellent advice, make valuable connections, and stay accountable -- than you can on your own.

(And if you'd just like to make some good friends who see the world the way you do, well, we have plenty of that going on as well.)

I for one don't relish going it alone against the media, the universities, the entertainment world, the mainline churches, and the corporate CEOs. I'm sure you don't, either.

Now we don't have to.

Here's a sampling of what awaits you in the members' area, where you'll find a small group to fit every schedule, as well as recordings of all the plenary sessions we've ever held, on topics like:

Specific strategies to win in a blue state when you’re hopelessly outnumbered (Ali Rak video).
The most canceled filmmaker in America, how he's more successful and fulfilled than ever, and how you can apply his methods (session 26).
A former U.S. congressman, in fact the last Republican opponent of the Iraq war to retire, on relocation in an age of psychotic state governments (session 5).
The owner of a 7-figure cooking website, who taught us how she built it (and she happens to be one of our members; as I said, this community is full of impressive people) and what she recommends a beginner do. (Session 9.)
An expert on getting other people to pay for your kids’ schooling (if you know where to look, you can start getting scholarships in first grade!). (Session 11.)
A hostage negotiator on how Harvard’s myths about negotiating, believed by everyone, are making you not get what you want — and how to turn that around (session 21).
A free-market professor from Columbia Business School (I promise he’s a good guy) who revealed the best investments for today’s upside-down world (session 3).
A man in his mid-30s whose words have sold $400 million in goods and services, on an occupation perfect for liberty lovers that requires no formal training, that you can’t be fired from, and that you can learn in a month (Henry Bingaman video). And every Tuesday night we teach you how to do it!
Harry Browne’s secret for becoming debt-free in just seven months (session 2).
How two working parents can homeschool their kids without stress (AMA session).
How to keep your homeschooled kids engaged and motivated (forget the threats and bribes – this is a much easier and practical solution) (AMA session).
How to master the rare skill that will get you ahead in business (and in life), and make you look like a boss to your friends (session 15). (I teach you this myself!)
How to de-program the heavily propagandized (CJ Killmer video).
How to raise money to start a business and declare your independence (John Foster video).
The best-performing asset class of the past four generations – and it isn’t even close (session 3).
How about this one: how far you should live from a nuclear power plant (and did you know it depends on whether you’re east or west of the plant?) (Session 6.)
How not to write like a dork, and instead stand out from the pack with your writing (session 27, with New York Times bestselling author Tom Woods – that's me).
How to quiet that inner critic that undermines your every move (session 16).
How to come up with a business idea you can implement and scale in record time (session 7).
The supposedly “dying industries” that are generating massive returns (session 3).
Fitness facts and fallacies: exercises that waste your time or risk injury, and exercises that actually help you make progress (Henri Pellerin video).
And a whole lot -- and I mean a whole lot -- more.

It’s not a stretch to say that just meeting [filmmaker] Justin Hawkins -- by itself! -- was more than worth joining the School of Life. Not because of the money and the job, but also because I know I will be friends with him indefinitely.

Just being around people like him and having honest, engaging, interesting and motivational conversations has been life altering.

Then there’s Antony S. He’s coaching me through my procrastination and is just a great person to know and have on your side.

And Barbara W., whom I have had the pleasure to meet in person as well as on accountability group calls. Dave the scholarship coach has been such a resource. He's offered help as my daughters begin their post high school lives.

Every interaction and conversation has been so valuable not only in its depth but mostly in its inspiration. You have begun assembling a group of people who are making a difference in good people’s lives.

--Chris P.

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