Open: Living with an Expansive Mind in a Distracted World

The multifaceted Klemp is a lover of jazz, a philosopher, a motivational speaker, a writer (coauthor, The 80/80 Marriage), a husband, and a father. In this work, he shares all. Klemp is concerned about how individuals and society overindulge in social media and its negative impacts. His concerns motivated him to conduct a self-experiment. Here he documents his journey through the process. He shares the difficulties, the surprises, and his own growth and awakening to being open and having an expanded mind. The book is presented in three parts. In part one, “Closed,” Klemp shares what it means to be closed through his own experience and why being closed stops people from being free to be their total selves. Part two, “Open,” is where Klemp spends the bulk of time dismantling obstacles to openness, presenting the expansive mind, sharing his struggles with his research, and providing the building blocks of philosophies that readers can think about and use. The conclusion is Klemp’s “Open Toolkit,” which readers can follow to incorporate this practice into their daily lives.