A small request

Before you close this.

Send the book to five people.

Two of them will be obvious — people who will read it because it came from you. The trusted carriers. Start there.

One should be an old friend you have not been in touch with for years. Use the book as the excuse. The note that comes with it is the gift; the book is what gives you permission to send the note.

One should be someone you have fallen out with. The book is, in part, about not casting the odd ones out. Sending it to someone you have cast out — or who has cast you out — is the most direct way to put what the book is saying into your own life. They may ignore you. They may not. Sending it is the act, regardless of how it lands.

One should be someone you respect massively, and know. Someone whose mind you value and whose attention you would not normally ask for. The book is small enough to send. Send it.

Five people. Privately. Each with a short line about why you thought of them. Not a review. Not a post. Not a share. Send.

I know it can be hard. It is my only ask.