Table of Contents
Wink, Wink, Nudge, Nudge (in case you read nothing else) 1
Part 1 The Crazy That Passes for Normal
Chapter 1 Welcome, Rule Breaker 10
Chapter 2 Seeing the Unseeable 32
Chapter 3 The Misunderstood Problem 54
Chapter 4 The Renegade Solution 83
Part 2 The Making of a Healthy Deviant (My Story-and Yours)
Chapter 5 In the Beginning 106
Chapter 6 Act 1: Natural State 112
Chapter 7 Act 2: Compliance 114
Chapter 8 Act 3: Descent 118
Chapter 9 Act 4: Darkness 123
Chapter 10 Act 5: Divergence 128
Chapter 11 Act 6: Rebellion 131
Chapter 12 Act 7: Healthy Deviance 134
Part 3 The Way of the Healthy Deviant
Chapter 13 The Nonconformist Competencies 145
Amplified Awareness
Preemptive Repair
Continuous Growth and Learning
Chapter 14 The Renegade Rituals 159
Chapter 15 Morning Minutes 163
Chapter 16 Ultradian Rhythm Breaks 171
Chapter 17 Nighttime Wind-Down 187
Chapter 18 Healthy Deviant Survival Skills 192
Part 4 Your Healthy Deviant Adventure (A 14-Day Experiment in Radical Replenishment)
Chapter 19 Get Ready for Weirdness 222
Chapter 20 Phase 1: Start Where You Are 247
Day 1 Wake Up
Day 2 Gather Courage
Day 3 Find Things Right
Day 4 Cultivate Willingness
Day 5 Call BS
Day 6 Ask for What You Want
Day 7 Celebrate Small Successes
Chapter 21 Phase 2: Raise Your Game 270
Day 8 Abandon Victim Thinking
Day 9 Find Your Edge
Day 10 Renegotiate Reality
Day 11 Act "As If"
Day 12 Stake Your Claim
Day 13 Expand Your Horizon
Day 14 Bask, Beware, Repeat
Chapter 22 Your Healthy Deviant Toolkit 292
Part 5 Taking It to the Streets
Chapter 23 The Healthy Deviant Manifesto 310
Chapter 24 Deviant Disruption 315
Epilogue A Bizarrely Better World 321
Acknowledgments 324
Endnotes 329
Index 336
About the Author 348