We've got issues how you can stand strong for America's soul and sanity
From a #1 New York Times best-selling author and beloved television host comes a new book on how to come home to our core values, fortify our families and re-embrace self-determination and self-governance.
| Main Author: | McGraw, Phillip C., 1950- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Threshold Editions,
2024.
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| Edition: | First Threshold Editions hardcover edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword: a letter from Dr. Phil
- Introduction: We've got issues
- The price and consequences of disruption
- Part one: America's daily focus has changed
- Think freely, speak freely
- "Inclusive language" isn't inclusive, and it's barely language
- It's the 2020s, but we're living in 1984
- The dangers of rewriting
- Part two: From what they're doing to what you're doing
- Deprogram yourself, because the truth is out there
- We're doing our enemies' work for them
- Programmed by algorithm (you're angry, they profit)
- Censored by the algorithm
- Avoid logical fallacies : presentism, confirmation bias, and positive bias
- Are you open to changing your mind?
- The dangerous temptation of victimhood
- Sociograms and collective personality
- Part three: Family, faith, and community
- The family is under attack
- What are you modeling?
- The dangerous erosion of faith
- Science is under attack
- Part four: The ten working principles for a healhy society
- Principle #1: Be who you are on purpose
- Principle #2: Focus on solving problems rather than winning arguments
- Principle #3: Don't reward bad behavior or support conduct you do not value
- Principle #4: Measure all actions based on results, and all thoughts based on rationality
- Principle #5: Consciously choose which voices in your life deserve the most attention
- Principle #6: Do not stay silent just so others can remain comfortable
- Principle #7: Actively live and support a meritocracy
- Principle #8: Identify and build your consequential knowledge
- Principle #9: Work hard to understand the way others see things
- Principle #10: Treat yourself and others with dignity and respect
- Conclusion: Step onto the number line.