Book description
You are what you think! Take control of your thinking...and start living life to the fullest! In just 25 days, you can discover how to cut through lies, gain insight, and make smarter choices in every area of your life—from work and money to your intimate relationships. Discover how to overcome bad thinking habits caused by self-delusion or out-of-control emotions...clarify what you really want...recognize what you don’t know. Ask the right questions...resist brainwashing, manipulation, and hypocrisy...Avoid worrying, conformism, and blame!
25 powerful ways to improve your thinking—and make smarter, better decisions.
Stop deceiving yourself: Overcome built-in self-delusion, wishful thinking, and worrying.
Use better thinking to make better decisions at work, at home, and throughout your life.
Critically evaluate what you’re told by advertisers, politicians, your boss...even your family!
Quick, practical, easy to use! Includes daily/weekly action plans, progress notes, and more.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- Additional Books Written by Richard Paul and Linda Elder
- Praise for 25 Days to Better Thinking & Better Living
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
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Preface
- Improve Your Thinking, Improve Your Life
- Could Your Thinking Be Your Problem?
- A How-to List for Dysfunctional Living
- Taking Your Thinking Seriously
- No Intellectual Pain, No Intellectual Gain
- The Twenty-Five-Day Plan
- Expanding to a Twenty-Five-Week Plan
- When You Reach the Payoff Point
- Tips for Internalizing Each Idea
- Planning and Logging Your Progress
- A Caveat
- Before You Begin
- This Is the Day to Empathize with Others: Empathize
- This Is the Day to Discover Your Ignorance: Discover Your Ignorance
- This Is the Day for Integrity: Don’t Be a Hypocrite
- This Is the Day to Catch Yourself Being Selfish: Catch Yourself Being Selfish
- This Is the Day to Target Purposes: Target Purposes
- This Is the Day to Be Clear: Clarify
- This Is the Day to Be Relevant: Focus, Connect, Stick to the Point
- This Is the Day to Ask Deep Questions: Question
- This Is the Day to Think Through Implications: Implications
- This Is the Day to Get Control of Your Emotions: Check Your Emotions
- This Is the Day to Take Control of Your Desires: Check Your Desires
- This Is the Day to Be Reasonable: Be Reasonable
- This Is the Day to Show Mercy: Have Mercy
- This Is the Day to Think for Yourself: Don’t Conform
- This Is the Day to Abandon Domination: Don’t Dominate
- This Is the Day to Be Independent: Don’t Be Subservient
- This Is the Day to Stop Worrying: Stop Worrying
- This Is the Day to Stop Blaming Your Parents: Stop Blaming Your Parents
- This is the Day to Critique the News Media: Critique the News Media
- This Is the Day to Notice the Vested Interest of Politicians: See Through Politicians
- This Is the Day to Be a Citizen of the World: Be a Citizen of the World
- This Is the Day to Critique TV, Movies, and Ads: Critique TV Shows Critique Movies Critique Ads
- This Is the Day to Contribute Something to the World: Contribute
- This Is the Day to Begin to Educate Yourself: Educate Yourself
- This Is the Day to Develop a Plan: Where to Go
Product information
- Title: 25 Days to Better Thinking & Better Living: A Guide for Improving Every Aspect of Your Life
- Author(s):
- Release date: March 2006
- Publisher(s): Pearson
- ISBN: 9780131738591
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