He moved to the United States after the First World War and worked as a lecturer at Harvard University and the Williamstown Institute of Politics.

[1] His most notable book was The Art of Thinking was on the best-seller lists in the US in the 1930s, alongside Dale Carnegie's self-help works, but it is mostly forgotten today.

The book invites the reader into a state of honesty where he evaluates himself as a thoughtful human being.

He provides useful tips and advice on how to improve one's concentration, and even endeavors to answer some timeless and all-important questions such as "How do I find myself?"

Finding answers to these questions, Dimnet explains, is crucial to the production of any original thought.