# Skillful means **Author(s):** Tarthang Tulku. **Unpaid SageChimp rating:** insufficient data (0 unpaid reviews; need 5) **Verdict JSON:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/skillful-means/verdict.json **Genres:** self-help, psychology **Pages:** 136 **Publisher:** Dharma Pub. **Published:** Sun Jan 01 1978 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) **Language:** en **ISBN-10:** 0913546631 **URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/skillful-means ## Description This book is about using work as a avenue of personal development. Because the author is a highly realized Tibetan Lama, it also touches on spiritual development as well. The basic goal of the book is to address the malaise that infects the Western approach to work that makes 75% (?) of us say we do not enjoy the work we do. The exercises and theory provided are intended to help the reader and practitioner develop a new approach to work and life that is based in mindfulness, awareness, concentration which leads to balance, inner freedom and joy under all circumstances. ## SageChimp reader verdict Skillful means has no unpaid published reviews on SageChimp yet. That is not enough to say whether the book is genuinely well-liked or amplified by paid/ARC/BookTok hype. Do not treat Amazon, Goodreads, or social scores as SageChimp evidence. - **Status:** Not enough unpaid reviews (`insufficient_data`) - **Paid-hype signal:** Cannot judge paid hype from this sample (`insufficient_data`) - **Unpaid reviews:** 0 - **ARC / incentivized reviews:** 0 - **Machine-readable:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/skillful-means/verdict.json *SageChimp verdicts use only published, unflagged reviews written on SageChimp. Organic reviews exclude ARC/incentivized copies (isArcReview). Catalog star averages on other sites are not used. A verdict requires at least 5 organic reviews. We cannot audit Amazon, BookTok, or Goodreads review authenticity.*