I have been touring in Australia and New Zealand since February 05, speaking in most of the major cities in both countries, to audiences ranging in size from 1500 to 5500. This tour, based on my most recent book, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, is part of a lecture schedule that
12 rules for life has elements and implications from MoM that a person can more easily apply in practice. The subject of MoM itself is not a simple matter and should probably serve as a foundation of understanding JP's overall perspective. Still trying to wrap my head around it myself...
His abstractions are sometimes hard to understand, however close reading helps a lot. And 12 Rules addresses an audience that is not purely academic / pretty common sense. Sometimes I use Google search to clarify. He is a brilliant academic and very good speaker.