Author: Rix Roundtree-Harrison
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781612962276
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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The Older You Get, The Dumber You Get: Stories For My Daughters is a collection of stories that deal mainly with my past employers, how they treated me, what they thought of me, what I thought of them, and what I thought of myself. The stories expound the effects, negative and positive, that employers had in shaping me. At my various employers I've experienced low self-esteem, sexism, racism, bigotry, suicide attempts, loneliness, arrests, and substance abuse. The wrong employer can keep you locked in perpetual depression and darkness. But the right employer can lead a lost soul out of the darkness of despair to strength, confidence, clarity, self-forgiveness and ultimately, redemption. On the road to redemption I had to confront personal demons and outside forces that can do harm. It is a story that illustrates that going to battle against opposing forces can build strength and character. Also how doing battle armed with the wrong arsenal of weaponry can lead one down the path of self destruction. The path of self destruction leads me on a fantastic yet controversial journey through my mind and my family history. But along the way I was sidetracked by sex, drugs and rock and roll. Mine is also a journey of discovery. A journey to discover what is the makeup of one's character? What are the psychological building blocks that build the views that we have of ourselves. When I discovered that these blocks can be rearranged I began the process of rebuilding myself.
Author: Mark Bauerlein
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440636893
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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This shocking, surprisingly entertaining romp into the intellectual nether regions of today's underthirty set reveals the disturbing and, ultimately, incontrovertible truth: cyberculture is turning us into a society of know-nothings. The Dumbest Generation is a dire report on the intellectual life of young adults and a timely warning of its impact on American democracy and culture. For decades, concern has been brewing about the dumbed-down popular culture available to young people and the impact it has on their futures. But at the dawn of the digital age, many thought they saw an answer: the internet, email, blogs, and interactive and hyper-realistic video games promised to yield a generation of sharper, more aware, and intellectually sophisticated children. The terms “information superhighway” and “knowledge economy” entered the lexicon, and we assumed that teens would use their knowledge and understanding of technology to set themselves apart as the vanguards of this new digital era. That was the promise. But the enlightenment didn’t happen. The technology that was supposed to make young adults more aware, diversify their tastes, and improve their verbal skills has had the opposite effect. According to recent reports from the National Endowment for the Arts, most young people in the United States do not read literature, visit museums, or vote. They cannot explain basic scientific methods, recount basic American history, name their local political representatives, or locate Iraq or Israel on a map. The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future is a startling examination of the intellectual life of young adults and a timely warning of its impact on American culture and democracy. Over the last few decades, how we view adolescence itself has changed, growing from a pitstop on the road to adulthood to its own space in society, wholly separate from adult life. This change in adolescent culture has gone hand in hand with an insidious infantilization of our culture at large; as adolescents continue to disengage from the adult world, they have built their own, acquiring more spending money, steering classrooms and culture towards their own needs and interests, and now using the technology once promoted as the greatest hope for their futures to indulge in diversions, from MySpace to multiplayer video games, 24/7. Can a nation continue to enjoy political and economic predominance if its citizens refuse to grow up? Drawing upon exhaustive research, personal anecdotes, and historical and social analysis, The Dumbest Generation presents a portrait of the young American mind at this critical juncture, and lays out a compelling vision of how we might address its deficiencies. The Dumbest Generation pulls no punches as it reveals the true cost of the digital age—and our last chance to fix it.
Author: Cal Newport
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525536515
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 305
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A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today bestseller "Newport is making a bid to be the Marie Kondo of technology: someone with an actual plan for helping you realize the digital pursuits that do, and don't, bring value to your life."--Ezra Klein, Vox Minimalism is the art of knowing how much is just enough. Digital minimalism applies this idea to our personal technology. It's the key to living a focused life in an increasingly noisy world. In this timely and enlightening book, the bestselling author of Deep Work introduces a philosophy for technology use that has already improved countless lives. Digital minimalists are all around us. They're the calm, happy people who can hold long conversations without furtive glances at their phones. They can get lost in a good book, a woodworking project, or a leisurely morning run. They can have fun with friends and family without the obsessive urge to document the experience. They stay informed about the news of the day, but don't feel overwhelmed by it. They don't experience "fear of missing out" because they already know which activities provide them meaning and satisfaction. Now, Newport gives us a name for this quiet movement, and makes a persuasive case for its urgency in our tech-saturated world. Common sense tips, like turning off notifications, or occasional rituals like observing a digital sabbath, don't go far enough in helping us take back control of our technological lives, and attempts to unplug completely are complicated by the demands of family, friends and work. What we need instead is a thoughtful method to decide what tools to use, for what purposes, and under what conditions. Drawing on a diverse array of real-life examples, from Amish farmers to harried parents to Silicon Valley programmers, Newport identifies the common practices of digital minimalists and the ideas that underpin them. He shows how digital minimalists are rethinking their relationship to social media, rediscovering the pleasures of the offline world, and reconnecting with their inner selves through regular periods of solitude. He then shares strategies for integrating these practices into your life, starting with a thirty-day "digital declutter" process that has already helped thousands feel less overwhelmed and more in control. Technology is intrinsically neither good nor bad. The key is using it to support your goals and values, rather than letting it use you. This book shows the way.
Author: Nicolette Adams
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1642143006
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 78
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This manuscript was written to let the reader experience my experiences in life, to allow maybe those who have not have a very close walk with God to experience it. Just maybe, the experience I've had will allow you to open those doors, for with love, all things are possible. Not even death itself can stop true love. In my supernatural experiences, you will be amazed and awed. The tragedy and horror life has inflicted on me have no barriers to the supernatural world. What tragedy I know of, there is no tragedy, only what's to come. Or is it what the psychiatrist says? Am I just aloof? Another crazy that needs to be medicated so she can function.
Author: Samuel A. Nigro
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1477114696
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 583
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EVERYONE FOR EVERYONEthe book (volumes I & II) by Samuel A. Nigro, M.D. The Everybody for Everybody Book is the accumulation of what was learned over 70 plus years of life, over 45 years of marriage, over 40 years as a psychiatrist, 3 years in the U.S. Navy Submarine Service, and as a first generation American with five children and ten grandchildren. The planet and mankind are amazing. To limit ourselves to behaviors as if there is nothing more, is contradicted by an accurate comprehensive understanding of the planet and the universe. Basically, love is superior to all and the universe is the entropy necessary for the expression of love. Love itself requires there to be more. Nothing more is a cruel joke that life and love are meaningless. All logic and reason demand there be more, and we should act as if there is even much more love in anticipation. And if there isnt, then there ought to be! Regardless, the world would be better by believing in such and acting as such. The book provides some articles but most of it is the way to live a transcendental life: organized matter sanctified and given a soul by identity, truth, oneness, good and beauty for everyones life, liberty, and pursuit of happinesspartially the subtitle of the book. You get substance and the transcendental principles for living that save by actuality for a change. This is in contrast to the virtual reality culture of the unreliable manipulating self-discrediting noisy glitzy press&media imposed substanceless non-being which, by suggestibility, turns us into choiceless aliens instead of free persons for the planet. By the self-worshiping self-discrediting press&media, we are on the madman road-rage race to the bottom culture of pollution, disgust, death, and decline. Not by this book. Against vulgar suggestibility and glitz caused gullibility, this book gives real being by teaching six analogous ways of living the wisdom-filled eight categories of metaphors of love in the cone of space-time: As a human particle by elementary physicsevent, spectrum, field, quantum, singularity, dimension, uncertainty, and force. As a human being by community universalsdignity, unity, integrity, identity, spirituality, life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. As a C/catholic, Roman or otherwise, by the sacramentsBaptism, Penance, Holy Communion, Extreme Unction, Holy Orders, Matrimony, and Grace. As a Christian by the virtuesfaith, hope, charity, prudence, justice, courage, temperance, and holiness. As a patient by the universal variables of all therapyliving things are precious, selective ignoring, subdued spontaneity non-self excluded, affect assistance, detached warmth & gentleness, non-reactive listening, C2CC centered candidness, and peace & mercy. And as sanctified by the last words of the crucified Christ. Take your pick or combine them all. Except for the quantity, it is simple. Thousands of aphorisms and concepts about every imaginable topic are offered to teach ancient secrets from nature and natures God (to quote the Founding Fathers of America). Interspersed in the book are the worlds first SEX SATIRES...fiery hilarious...which will help all cope with the prurience flooding the world as entertainment, advertisement and games. SEX SATIRE, properly applied to those exploiting sex, will free you from sex craziness and help keep societys prurience from disrupting your transcendental life. Read it through once; then a few pages or a chapter daily; and problem-solve as needed by index and perusal. You will be better. The world will be better. You will learn to be a real human being for everyone. And you will have your soul back by embracing the universal Mass mantra: life-sacrifice-virtue-lovehumanity- peace-freedom-death.
Author: Maurice W. Dorsey
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1669840182
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Zelma’s Aphorisms, Old-School Wisdom, Instructive, Inspirational, Hilarious to Outrageous is inspired by the Book of Proverbs, the book of wisdom for living. The teachings include instruction on folly sin, goodness, wealth, poverty, the tongue, pride, humility, justice, vengeance, strife, gluttony, love, lust, laziness, friends, family, life, and death. Almost every facet of human relationship is mentioned in the Book of Proverbs. The teachings of the book is applicable to all men everywhere. At the time Zelma started to develop her personal collection of sayings, it was shortly after her mother passed away when she was just eight years old. Her aphorisms are not as fine-tuned as the Bible, but she cleverly developed a style that was applicable for her younger sibling and, subsequently, her children. I, as a writer, lived by and was influenced by my mother’s sayings. Some of these aphorisms are her originals and many she picked up from her father, husband, and strangers she came in contact. What is missing for the reader is the inflection of her voice combined with the words. In some instances, my mother could have been a professional entertainer. However, in her family, she was recognized as a friendly, kind, generous, and loving spirit to all. She was a dutiful daughter, sister, wife, and mother. She was born and raised in Washington, DC, and was a member of the Methodist Church in Washington, DC, and Bel Air, Maryland.
Author: Evelyn D. Gaskin
Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 161663443X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Today, despite the significant emotional events that purposed to destroy me, I am still standing. Not just standing, but I am armed with faith and confidence, and I know that it does not matter what I have experienced in life; with perseverance, lots of prayer, and courage I can overcome anything. Evelyn D. Gaskin has had her share of trials and tribulations. She suffered sexual abuse as a child, resulting in a skewed view of what love meant and hindering her ability to have healthy relationships. She was hurt by words as a child, words that told her she was ugly and unwanted. She went through two divorces and found herself a single parent. She struggled to help her children with their grief when their father died suddenly of a heart attack. But Evelyn has also found hope, healing, and encouragement, with God leading her and comforting her in her trials. We all suffer, but there is hope to be found. Evelyn will share with you the keys to letting go of what's past to walk in the newness of life, like a butterfly leaving behind its cocoon to soar in the sky. Her inspiring story will motivate you to become Like a Butterfly, just as she has.
Author: Colin Cowherd
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501108344
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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The ESPN radio show host describes scandals, rivalries, and players' lives along with his own life behind-the-scenes, revealing details of what goes on in professional sports and at the sports channel.
Author: Eric R. Braverman
Publisher: Rodale
ISBN: 1605294225
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 307
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Citing the intellectual impairment and mood swings associated with an aging brain, a leading professor of integrative medicine outlines an easy-to-follow protocol for building brain cells and improving brain capacity in spite of age, profiling beneficial hormone therapies and current medications for treating cognitive decline.
Author: Anne R Dick
Publisher: Tachyon Publications
ISBN: 1616960396
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 289
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Offering an intimate perspective on the life of an important, prolific author, this revealing biography uncovers the inner workings of a cult figure through his tumultuous relationship with his third wife. Brilliant and charismatic, Philip K. Dick was known as a loyal friend, father, and husband, as well as a talented science fiction writer. His six-year marriage to the woman he described as “the love of his life” and his intellectual equal was full of passion—the meeting of soul mates. But behind the façade of an untroubled life was a man struggling with his demons, unable to trust anyone, and reliant upon his charm to navigate his increasingly dark reality and descent into drugs and madness. Exposing personal details of their married life as well as the ways he continued to haunt her even after their relationship collapsed, Anne Dick provides thorough research combined with personal memories of this mysterious man.
