A selfish plan to change the world
Subtitle: finding big purpose in big problems
By: Justin Dillon
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780718084530
Subjects: Social change; Meaning (Psychology)
Other titles: Finding big purpose in big problems
Description: Reveals the secret to a life of deep and lasting significance: the discovery that our need for meaning is inextricably linked to the needs of the world. Exposes the limitations of the "giving back" approach involving donations and volunteerism to reveal the unexpected power of "giving in" to pursue self-interest in a way that alters the very dynamics of the world's most challenging problems.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-239).
Table of contents: title: Introduction -- -- Part 1.; title: Why change the world -- -- Chapter 1.; title: Find your riot -- -- Chapter 2.; title: I have a soul dream -- -- Chapter 3.; title: A poverty of means -- -- Chapter 4.; title: Don't try to save the world -- -- Chapter 5.; title: A poverty of meaning -- -- Chapter 6.; title: Your needs? What about my needs? -- -- Part 2.; title: What keeps the world from changing -- -- Chapter 7.; title: Bread and circuses -- -- Chapter 8.; title: Altruism (and other lies we tell ourselves) -- -- Chapter 9.; title: A spoonful of fiction -- -- Part 3.; title: How to change the world -- -- Chapter 10.; title: You were born for this -- -- Chapter 11.; title: Don't wait for permission -- -- Chapter 12.; title: Hit your money note -- -- Chapter 13.; title: Win at losing -- -- Chapter 14.; title: Practice the art of change -- -- Chapter 15.; title: Solutionists of the world unite --; title: Acknowledgments --; title: About the author --; title: Notes.