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What is the boy crisis?
Itâs a crisis of education. Worldwide, boys are 50 percent less likely than girls to meet basic proficiency in reading, math, and science.
Itâs a crisis of mental health. ADHD is on the rise. And as boys become young men, their suicide rates go from equal to girls to six times that of young women.
Itâs a crisis of fathering. Boys are growing up with less-involved fathers and are more likely to drop out of school, drink, do drugs, become delinquent, and end up in prison.
Itâs a crisis of purpose. Boysâ old sense of purpose--being a warrior, a leader, or a sole breadwinner--are fading. Many bright boys are experiencing a ïŒpurpose void,ïŒ feeling alienated, withdrawn, and addicted to immediate gratification.
So, what is The Boy Crisis? A comprehensive blueprint for what parents, teachers, and policymakers can do to help our sons become happier, healthier men, and fathers and leaders worthy of our respect.
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Doing well with money isnât necessarily about what you know. Itâs about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people.
Moneyâinvesting, personal finance, and business decisionsâis typically taught as a math-based field, where data and formulas tell us exactly what to do. But in the real world people donât make financial decisions on a spreadsheet. They make them at the dinner table, or in a meeting room, where personal history, your own unique view of the world, ego, pride, marketing, and odd incentives are scrambled together.
In The Psychology of Money, award-winning author Morgan Housel shares 19 short stories exploring the strange ways people think about money and teaches you how to make better sense of one of lifeâs most important topics.
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âWith tenacity and candor, Haidt lays out the consequences that have come with allowing kids to drift further into the virtual world . . . While also offering suggestions and solutions that could help protect a new generation of kids.â âShannon Carlin, TIME, 100 Must-Read Books of 2024
After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on many measures. Why?
In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need play and independent exploration to mature into competent, thriving adults. Haidt shows how the âplay-based childhoodâ began to decline in the 1980s, and how it was finally wiped out by the arrival of the âphone-based childhoodâ in the early 2010s. He presents more than a dozen mechanisms by which this âgreat rewiring of childhoodâ has interfered with childrenâs social and neurological development, covering everything from sleep deprivation to attention fragmentation, addiction, loneliness, social contagion, social comparison, and perfectionism. He explains why social media damages girls more than boys and why boys have been withdrawing from the real world into the virtual world, with disastrous consequences for themselves, their families, and their societies.
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A highly readable and entertaining first look at how todayâs members of iGenâthe children, teens, and young adults born in the mid-1990s and laterâare vastly different from their Millennial predecessors, and from any other generation, from the renowned psychologist and author of Generation Me.
With generational divides wider than ever, parents, educators, and employers have an urgent need to understand todayâs rising generation of teens and young adults. Born in the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s and later, iGen is the first generation to spend their entire adolescence in the age of the smartphone. With social media and texting replacing other activities, iGen spends less time with their friends in personâperhaps why they are experiencing unprecedented levels of anxiety, depression, and loneliness.
But technology is not the only thing that makes iGen distinct from every generation before them; they are also different in how they spend their time, how they behave, and in their attitudes toward religion, sexuality, and politics. They socialize in completely new ways, reject once sacred social taboos, and want different things from their lives and careers. More than previous generations, they are obsessed with safety, focused on tolerance, and have no patience for inequality. iGen is also growing up more slowly than previous generations: eighteen-year-olds look and act like fifteen-year-olds used to.
As this new group of young people grows into adulthood, we all need to understand them: Friends and family need to look out for them; businesses must figure out how to recruit them and sell to them; colleges and universities must know how to educate and guide them. And members of iGen also need to understand themselves as they communicate with their elders and explain their views to their older peers. Because where iGen goes, so goes our nationâand the world. -
âThis brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes to improve and succeed. I wish I could go back in time and gift it to my younger self. It wouldâve helped me find a more joyful path to progress.ââSerena Williams, 23-time Grand Slam singles tennis champion
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Learn when to grit, and when to quit
We are often told that the secret to success is hard work, determination, and hours of practice. But in a fast-changing world, what if the really crucial skill is knowing when to stick at something and when to change track and walk away?
Quit makes the under-appreciated case for quitting and also shows you how to get really good at it. Drawing on stories from elite athletes to Everest climbers, comedians to musicians, Annie Duke (who left a successful poker career) explains why learning to quit well is often crucial to success. She provides clear strategies for working out when to cut your losses from a business product that isn't working, a relationship turned toxic, or a career that won't take you where you want to go.
You'll learn how to spot the blocks to good quitting behaviour -- escalation commitment, desire for certainty and the status quo bias -- and also how to use tools like quitting contracts, flexible goal-setting and premortems to help you quit cleanly and confidently.
Whether you're facing a make-or-break business decision, a life-altering personal choice or simply wanting to take more control of your life, Quit provides a toolkit for change to help you make the best next move. -
This book importance of "reverse thinking" is explored through a compelling opening story about a firefighter surviving a forest fire. This narrative illustrates how, even in critical situations, swiftly adjusting one's mindset and breaking free from established thought patterns can create opportunities for survival. The author further analyzes the psychological resistance people often have toward rethinking, including fear of change, cognitive inertia, and perceived threats to self-identity.
In conclusion, the article emphasizes that reverse thinking is not only a powerful tool for overcoming challenges but also a cornerstone of individual and societal progress. It calls on readers to abandon habitual thinking, courageously challenge conventional ideas, and engage in constant reflection and learning to stay competitive in an ever-changing world.
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This book chronicles Bartlett's journey from founding the social media marketing company Social Chain at age 22 to successfully taking it public by age 27, sharing his personal experiences and insights on entrepreneurship, mental health, leadership, and resilience. Covering topics like motivation, self-awareness, and success, it presents his story in a diary format, allowing readers an intimate view of a CEO's inner world and psychological challenges.
The book also extends the themes of Bartlett's podcast, The Diary of a CEO, where he invites successful entrepreneurs and thought leaders to share their experiences, offering readers practical advice on personal growth, innovation, and facing adversity.
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The book You Can Be Your Own Sex Therapist, explores the challenges men face with sexual dysfunction and psychological struggles under societal pressures. The article argues that traditional cultural stereotypes about masculinity and male roles compel men to suppress their true selves, leading to feelings of lack and isolation in intimate relationships. The author delves into the causes of male sexual dysfunction, like erectile issues, suggesting that these issues often stem from inner fears, vulnerabilities, and societal repression around sexuality. The article concludes by encouraging modern men to embrace vulnerability and learn sexual wisdom, freeing themselves from rigid gender expectations and discovering a more authentic self.
