Hey friends,

Over the past year, I’ve been working on a book. And now, I’m ready to put it out into the world.

It’s called The Inner Compass, and it’s on cultivating the courage to trust yourself. In a world that makes you doubt your intuition at every turn, this book will help you build conviction in who you truly are.

It’s often said that authors write the books they need to read, and this was no exception. I wrote The Inner Compass when I was in a deep period of self-doubt, and working on it revealed that much of our suffering stems from our conditioning.

We are conditioned to desire certainty in the form of status, success, and prestige, only to ignore the fact that true contentment comes from within. This is a theme I’ve touched many times in my work, but it was only through writing The Inner Compass where I’ve developed a fully unified narrative with it.

One of the strengths of its book is its brevity. It’s only ~100 pages long to keep the message succinct, and contains many illustrations to keep your curiosity engaged.

The goal is that you can read it in a weekend, but revisit it for a lifetime.

The book comes out on Tuesday, July 8th, and will be available to purchase on that date in all formats (paperback, ebook, audiobook). No long, drawn-out pre-order campaign; it’ll be out in a little over 2 weeks.

But in the meantime, I have some cool things in store.

If there’s one link for you to click in this email, it’d be this one to join the book’s waitlist. Not only will you be notified of any updates, but you’ll also receive an invitation to a pop-up community that I’ll be opening up in early July.

You can think of this community as a brief island of time where I’ll host live readings and we’ll gather to discuss the book’s ideas together. You can also interact with fellow readers while we’re there too.

Then in just 2 weeks’ time, the community will close and be no more.

This pop-up community will be free, but the only way to gain access to it is to join the book’s waitlist. So just in case you missed the earlier link, here’s a big blue button that will get you on it as well:

I’ve also created a landing page for The Inner Compass that provides a high-level overview of what the book is about. You’ll see some (illustrated) bullet points of what you’ll get out of reading it, along with a brief description of what the pop-up community entails.

Also, in an effort to spread the word about the book, I will be going on podcasts and doing newsletter promotions with other writers / creators. So if you have a podcast, YouTube channel, or a newsletter where you’d like to feature the book during launch week, please hit reply and let me know.

Alternatively, if you'd like to connect me with someone that hosts a popular podcast, etc., I'd love that as well. The goal is to get this book into many hands, and I'll need to lean on your support to make that happen.

Next week, I’ll be sharing a long-form essay on the story behind the book. The genesis of the book was a journey of its own, and I think that sharing that journey will be helpful for you to hear =).

In the meantime, joining the waitlist is the thing to do. You’ll receive a welcome email once you do so you’re aware of what’s to come.

That's it for now! I’ve been holding this book close to my chest for the past year, so it feels good to start letting it go. Thanks for all your support, and for all the enthusiasm you’ve sent my way.

I can’t wait to share The Inner Compass with you.

-Lawrence Yeo