{"product_id":"personal-wisdom-dan-siegel-9781641112567","title":"Personal Wisdom: Meaning in a Pragmatic World","description":"\u003cp\u003ePsychiatric social worker Dan Siegel spent over four decades seeing adult clients in psychotherapy. Along the way, he developed a model of human nature that would clarify his own thinking as he got to know his clients. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePersonal Wisdom: Meaning in a Pragmatic World \u003c\/em\u003eis the result of this model, presented as a humanistic essay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of us seek to find sufficient correspondence between our inner nature and the outside world to achieve meaning and direction. However, since we have contradictory forces within us, and since we cannot sufficiently understand the complex social world without some shortcuts, we often develop biases. We have selective memory and selective perception.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author suggests that we cannot understand American social character without understanding pragmatic self-interest. Because we have difficulty reconciling self-interest with the collective good, the United States struggles internally. Other nations find it easier to resolve similar problems--universal health care, for example; also, we are perhaps the only nation in the world that still considers global warming a matter of debate. The inability to reconcile self-interest with the collective good creates a struggle for us that much of the world may view with alarm. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book seeks to examine this conflict that we, as Americans, experience. The book offers suggestions for understanding ourselves, others, and the nation as a whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dan Siegel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1641112565\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781641112567\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Morris Siegel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 486\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.98d","brand":"Dan Siegel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43979489345791,"sku":"9781641112567","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_48894843-c980-461f-9577-da2f92a745ad.jpg?v=1683245768","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/personal-wisdom-dan-siegel-9781641112567","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}