25 Days to Better Thinking and Better Living

To all those who use their thinking to expose hypocrisy and self-deception,

and who work to create what is now but a remote dream—a just and humane world.

Improve Your Thinking, Improve Your Life
Can Your Thinking Be Your Problem?
A How-to List for Dysfunctional Living
Taking 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
Day One: Learn to Empathize with Others
"Okay, so what's your dumb idea?"

This is the day to discover your ignorance
Day Two: Develop Knowledge of Your Ignorance
"But if my beliefs weren't true, I wouldn't believe them."

This is the day for integrity
Day Three: Beware of Hypocrisy and Notice Contradictions in Your Life
"What contradictions?"

This is the day to catch yourself being selfish
Day Four: Be Fair, Not Selfish
"I'm not nearly as selfish as some people I know."

This is the day to target purposes
Day Five: Know Your Purpose
"But I already know what I want to do."

This is the day to be clear
Day Six: Clarify Your Thinking
"But my thinking is already clear."

This is the day to be relevant
Day Seven: Stick to the Point
"I would if I could figure out what it is."

This is the day to ask deep questions
Day Eight: Question, Question, Question
"But questioning just gets you into trouble."

This is the day to think through implications
Day Nine: Think Through Implications
"But how can I enjoy life if I have to think through everything?"

This is the day to get control of your emotions
Day Ten: Get Control of Your Emotions
"I am not angry!"

This is the day to take control of your desires
Day Eleven: Take Control of Your Desires
"I can't help what I want!"

This is the day to be reasonable
Day Twelve: Be Reasonable
"I am always reasonable."

This is the day to show mercy
Day Thirteen: Show Mercy
"But I do know better than most people."

This is the day to think for yourself
Day Fourteen: Don't Be a Conformist
"Why should I go it alone?"

This is the day to abandon domination
Day Fifteen: Don't Be a Top Dog
"But if I'm not on the top, I might get trampled."

This is the day to be independent
Day Sixteen: Don't Be an Underdog
"But it's easier if others take the lead."

This is the day to stop worrying
Day Seventeen: Don't Be a Worrywart
"I can't help worrying. I learned it from my mom."

This is the day to stop blaming your parents
Day Eighteen: Stop Blaming Your Parents
"But look at all these emotional scars!"

This is the day to critique the news media
Day Nineteen: Don't Be Brainwashed by the News Media
"I thought reporters had to be objective. That's their job."

This is the day to notice the vested interest of politicians
Day Twenty: Don't Be Bamboozled by Politicians
"Sure there are some crooked politicians, but most are honest."

This is the day to be a citizen of the world
Day Twenty-One: Strive to Be a Citizen of the World
"But my country is the bestl"

This is the day to critique TV, movies, and ads
Day Twenty-Two: Don't Get Your Views from TV, Ads, and Movies
"Well, I do watch a lot of TV, but I'm not influenced by what I watch."

This is the day to contribute something to the world
Day Twenty-Three: Do Something, Anything, to Help Make the World Better
"Why bother? The world is too messed up for me to make difference."

This is the day to begin to educate yourself
Day Twenty-Four: Educate Yourself
"But I went to college!"

This is the day to develop a plan
Day Twenty-Five: Figure Out Where to Go from Here
"You mean there's more?"

Reading Backwards
Daily Action Plan
Daily Progress Notes
Weekly Action Plan
Weekly Progress Notes
Recommended Readings to Augment the Strategies

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