Mindset Shifts—Essays by Barry Brownstein

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Session 3, The Sovereign Mind: Tuning Out Radio Doom and Gloom
"Our mind is filled with noise, and that’s why we can’t hear the call of life, the call of love."
 • Barry Brownstein
The Ayatollah and the DEI Dean: A Shared Totalitarian Soul
Socialist morality is stripped of the supernatural justifications of theocratic morality, but retains a totalitarian soul.
 • Barry Brownstein
Session 2, The Sovereign Mind: Defusing the Propaganda of the Mind
We must see for ourselves that we are standing on shaky, not solid ground.
 • Barry Brownstein
The Sovereign Mind: The Illusion of Control
The ego’s primary goal is to maintain mindlessness.
 • Barry Brownstein
Session 1, The Sovereign Mind: From Inner Authoritarianism to Inner Liberty
We can discover that a grave threat to our liberty is not just an external autocrat, but our internal “central planner,” the egoic part of our mind.
 • Barry Brownstein
Why Telling Kids They're Smart Teaches Them to Fear Learning
If you want your child to develop good learning skills, praise “what they accomplished through practice, study, persistence, and good strategies.”
 • Barry Brownstein
Taming the Dictator Within, Part 2
How to stay resilient and avoid becoming fodder for authoritarian social and political movements.
 • Barry Brownstein
Mindset Shifts—Essays by Barry Brownstein
Awareness of your mindset is the portal to change
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