The Preparation: How To Become Competent, Confident, and Dangerous
ISBN
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9798296822239
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2025
298 pages
Paperback
26344
Original price was: ₨9,800.00.₨1,495.00Current price is: ₨1,495.00.
Skip the debt. Build the man.
Description
What if you could trade four stagnant years in lecture halls for four years of adventure—emerging as a debt‑free EMT, pilot, welder, web/app builder, rancher, and entrepreneur all in one? The Preparation is the field manual for young men (and the parents who love them) who know the old college formula is broken and want a roadmap that actually forges competence, confidence, and real‑world value.
Written by three generations—legendary investor and bestselling author Doug Casey, entrepreneur Matt Smith, and twenty‑year‑old “beta tester” Maxim Smith—this book distills their hard‑won wisdom into a four‑year, 16‑cycle program you can start tomorrow.
- 16 themed cycles—Medic, Cowboy, Pilot, Fighter, Hacker, Maker, and more—each built around a hands‑on “Anchor Course” that forces you to learn by doing, not by cramming.
- Earn‑while‑you‑learn design shows you exactly how to pay your way through each cycle and graduate debt‑free.
- Cost: roughly one year of tuition – yet delivers four years of marketable skills, global travel, and a network of do‑ers, not talkers.
- Foundational philosophy rooted in Stoicism and Renaissance thinking so you don’t just master tasks—you master yourself.
- Bullet‑proof curriculum: step‑by‑step schedules, book lists, online courses, and locations for every skill so you’re never guessing what to do next.
- Battle‑tested results—Maxim used the program to rack up EMT shifts on Oregon wildfires, fly solo over the Rockies, ranch in Uruguay, and sail the Strait of Magellan before he turned twenty.
The Problem: College now averages $140,000+ and often delivers little more than ideology, debt, and obsolete credentials. The Preparation: compresses that money and time into a crucible that turns raw potential into a modern‑day Renaissance Man—one who can protect, build, heal, sell, and lead in a world being up‑ended by AI and economic turmoil.
If you—or a young man you care about—refuse to become road‑kill on the conventional path, open this book and start Cycle One today. The world won’t wait, and neither should you.
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About the Author
Maxim Smith has been the beta tester for an alternative to college called "The Preparation" for the last two years. The Preparation, as a program, was designed by Doug Casey and Maxim's father (Matt Smith). Over the last two years, Maxim has been taking the ideas in The Preparation book and putting them to practice. Since starting, he's done everything from becoming an EMT, worked long night shifts on wildfires, sailed around the Falkland Islands and through the Strait of Magellan, learned to pack mules/horses into the Colorado backcountry, learned to fly planes, hiked through the hot desert of Nevada while working on a geophysics crew; become a competent chess player, and a Spanish speaker. He's studied economics, copywriting, regenerative agriculture, and much more...
The Preparation: How To Become Competent, Confident, and Dangerous
Skip the debt. Build the man.
Description
What if you could trade four stagnant years in lecture halls for four years of adventure—emerging as a debt‑free EMT, pilot, welder, web/app builder, rancher, and entrepreneur all in one? The Preparation is the field manual for young men (and the parents who love them) who know the old college formula is broken and want a roadmap that actually forges competence, confidence, and real‑world value.
Written by three generations—legendary investor and bestselling author Doug Casey, entrepreneur Matt Smith, and twenty‑year‑old “beta tester” Maxim Smith—this book distills their hard‑won wisdom into a four‑year, 16‑cycle program you can start tomorrow.
- 16 themed cycles—Medic, Cowboy, Pilot, Fighter, Hacker, Maker, and more—each built around a hands‑on “Anchor Course” that forces you to learn by doing, not by cramming.
- Earn‑while‑you‑learn design shows you exactly how to pay your way through each cycle and graduate debt‑free.
- Cost: roughly one year of tuition – yet delivers four years of marketable skills, global travel, and a network of do‑ers, not talkers.
- Foundational philosophy rooted in Stoicism and Renaissance thinking so you don’t just master tasks—you master yourself.
- Bullet‑proof curriculum: step‑by‑step schedules, book lists, online courses, and locations for every skill so you’re never guessing what to do next.
- Battle‑tested results—Maxim used the program to rack up EMT shifts on Oregon wildfires, fly solo over the Rockies, ranch in Uruguay, and sail the Strait of Magellan before he turned twenty.
Praise and Reviews
Not available
About the Author
Maxim Smith has been the beta tester for an alternative to college called "The Preparation" for the last two years. The Preparation, as a program, was designed by Doug Casey and Maxim's father (Matt Smith). Over the last two years, Maxim has been taking the ideas in The Preparation book and putting them to practice. Since starting, he's done everything from becoming an EMT, worked long night shifts on wildfires, sailed around the Falkland Islands and through the Strait of Magellan, learned to pack mules/horses into the Colorado backcountry, learned to fly planes, hiked through the hot desert of Nevada while working on a geophysics crew; become a competent chess player, and a Spanish speaker. He's studied economics, copywriting, regenerative agriculture, and much more...