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Think For Yourself: The Importance of Maintaining Individuality and Freedom of Thought
We live in a unique time in this world, a time when the information age has brought the world much closer together. With this sharing of information and resources comes great opportunity, but there are some drawbacks as well. Global standardization has, in many ways, contributed to the homogenization of numerous aspects of life. Individuality has been lost in many cases, and its continued decline comes at a heavy price for some. People's willingness to follow the crowd and fall in line behind "the next greatest thing" or "popular thought trend" has fostered this decline in individuality and free thinking. Mankind needs to embrace our individuality and our individual differences, as well as the similarities that come to light during the sharing of information in these modern "global times." This book attempts to shed some light on the subject and encourages you to Think For Yourself in your daily navigation in today's global society.
96 pages, Paperback
First published September 2, 2009
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June 1, 2010
Sometimes, the simplest things in life are not so simple for some of us. When I say simple I mean the ability for us to question what we are thought and to speak up for ourselves. In Think for Yourself, David Charles discusses these fundamentals and helps us to understand their importance in our lives.
The theme of the book is to help foster the idea that people should never conform to society’s way of doing things. It encourages the reader to become an informed individual by questioning everything. I thought that the message that the book offered was very fitting especially since we live in an era where we are all heavily influenced by the media. It tells us how to look, dress and speak and it also helps to enforce what is accepted in society and what’s not. However in Think For Yourself, the author forces us to avoid manipulation, think outside of the box and to be bold.
The book is approximately 96 pages, is very straight forward and is broken down into several sections such as Work, Family, Money, Self- Esteem and Common Sense so that the reader can pinpoint the areas that you would like to work on.
For people who are taught to think for themselves and question everything, this book will simply reinforce what you already know. However for those of us who wish to acquire these skills then Think For Yourself will make a good, informative and light read.
The theme of the book is to help foster the idea that people should never conform to society’s way of doing things. It encourages the reader to become an informed individual by questioning everything. I thought that the message that the book offered was very fitting especially since we live in an era where we are all heavily influenced by the media. It tells us how to look, dress and speak and it also helps to enforce what is accepted in society and what’s not. However in Think For Yourself, the author forces us to avoid manipulation, think outside of the box and to be bold.
The book is approximately 96 pages, is very straight forward and is broken down into several sections such as Work, Family, Money, Self- Esteem and Common Sense so that the reader can pinpoint the areas that you would like to work on.
For people who are taught to think for themselves and question everything, this book will simply reinforce what you already know. However for those of us who wish to acquire these skills then Think For Yourself will make a good, informative and light read.
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