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We've got issues : how you can stand strong for America's soul and sanity / Phillip C. McGraw, Ph.D.

McGraw, Phillip C., 1950- (author.).

Summary:

Do you think mainstream America needs to find its voice? If so, you’re not alone. The country is under attack by extremists at the fringes who put ideology before sanity and stoke division for their own gain. They are trying to rob America of its common sense and deny empirical truths, and we’re all suffering the consequences. In We’ve Got Issues: How You Can Stand Strong for America’s Soul and Sanity, Dr. Phil employs his signature no-nonsense approach to analyze America’s cultural crisis and offers practical, empirically based, action-oriented strategies to restore and support our country’s collective mental health. This compelling work combines a brutally honest look at the sustained attack on the core values that have defined America at its best and offers prescriptive guidance on what you can do in your own life to stop the madness. With his ten working principles for a healthy society, Dr. Phil provides the tools for mainstream America to fight back against the forces of division with sensible and urgently needed advice supported by the latest social, medical, and psychological findings. Dr. Phil demystifies the “tyranny of the fringe” and deconstructs their assault on the principles that made our nation prosperous, free, and powerful. With the hard-earned wisdom of years spent working with Americans of all backgrounds, Dr. Phil charts a course from cancel culture to counsel culture, from fear to acceptance, from victimhood to community, and from the tyranny of the fringe to a more civil society where we heal our divides and every one of us decides to be who we are on purpose. Dr. Phil is here to show us how. -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781668061701
ISBN: 1668061708
Physical Description: xvi, 384 pages : illustrations, charts ; 24 cm
Edition: First Threshold Editions hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York : Threshold Editions, 2024.
Copyright: ©2024

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Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-384)

Formatted Contents Note:

A letter from Dr. Phil -- 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 healthy 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 -- Step onto the number line.