Mindset Shifts—Essays by Barry Brownstein

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Viktor Frankl on Why There is No Collective Guilt
“No one has the right to do wrong, not even if wrong has been done to them.”
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Complaining Makes Us Miserable
When we depersonalize our narrative, our complaints often dissipate.
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When Euthanasia Becomes Murder
Government is tipping the scales toward suicide as a means to solve the challenges of life.
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Making Meaning Is the Antidote to Troubled Feelings
We don’t stop weeding because our efforts don’t yield permanent results.
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Without Free Speech, All Speech Becomes Government Speech
If totalitarianism comes to America, we will have no one to blame.
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What Comes Next at Mindset Shifts U?
Man’s Search for Meaning is one of the most influential books ever written.
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March 2024

Meditations Session 10: Know that in Time Those Things Toward Which We Move Come to Be
Going through life with our mind filled with thoughts of blame, justifying our emotions, is like ignoring the check engine light in our car.
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Marcus's Forgiveness Path
Without exercising the power of attention, we remain a mindless puppet.
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To Remain Free, Make the Ordinary Meaningful
Those who make meaning in their lives walk on by when totalitarians come calling.
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Meditations Session 9: Keep Practicing
There is a simple test to see if you have reached the starting gate to unlearn.
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When You’re Feeling Like Sisyphus, the Stoics Have the Antidote
How one conducts oneself is a theme the great Stoic philosophers continually considered.
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Meditations Session 8: All This Has Happened Before
As we choose to reoccupy our command center, we are no longer puppets being jerked around.
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