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Table of Contents for The Vision-Driven Life Finally, dream of what you would say if you actually had inputs into such a book. This vision summarizes the thrust of the new discussion list for The Vision-Driven™ Life: Becoming the Self You Might Be and Ought To Be. The mission of this group seeks to draw together people who have a profound interest in living a better life in accordance with the three supreme and ruling values of reason, purpose and self-esteem. This list will post day by day sections of the book as the author writes them for constructive criticism from an audience who shares these core values. The book, upon publication, will serve as a flagship product for a forthcoming global Objectivist club network. Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VisionDrivenLife/ or send an e-mail to VisionDrivenLife-subscribe@yahoogroups.com to join the list. Below you can read the table of contents for this book. My challenge to myself as the author will be to write one post per day consonant with the listed table of contents. Target date for commencement of posts stands at Sunday, June 16 for Week 00. As list members, you will have the opportunity to comment and critique at your discretion. Since the book and list target an audience much wider than Objectivists, expect unusual feedback that will prove useful in explaining concepts novel to most people outside Objectivism. Table of Contents for The Vision-Driven™ LifeBecoming the Self You Might Be and Ought To BeForeword Week 00 Introduction Sunday Why You Should Read This Book Monday Time and Energy -- Your Most Precious Commodities Tuesday Living Your Best Life Possible on Earth Wednesday Big Fat Liars and the Big Fat Lies They Tell Thursday Prepare for a Journey That Will Change Your Life Friday A Philosophy for Living on Earth Saturday Applying This Week's Lessons I. Spirit -- The Need for MeaningWeek 01 The Fountainhead -- Roark's Speech Sunday Outline and Questions Monday The Human Need for Meaning Tuesday The Ultimate Value of Self Wednesday Dreams List Exercise Thursday Values List Exercise Friday Articulating Your Vision Saturday Applying This Week's Lessons Week 02 Atlas Shrugged -- Galt's Speech Sunday Outline and Questions Monday The Basic Axioms Tuesday The Ultimate Value and the Three Supreme and Ruling Values Wednesday Self-Esteem Thursday Reason Friday Purpose Saturday Applying This Week's Lessons Week 03 "Philosophy: Who Needs It" in Philosophy: Who Needs It Sunday Outline and Questions Monday What Philosophy Is and Is Not Tuesday Why You Need Philosophy Wednesday Philosophy versus Religion Thursday Intrinsicism versus Subjectivism versus Objectivism Friday Why You Need Objectivism Saturday Applying This Week's Lessons Week 04 "Philosophy and Sense of Life" in The Romantic Manifesto Sunday Outline and Questions Monday What Is a Sense of Life? Tuesday Explicit Philosophy versus Implicit Sense of Life Wednesday Examining the Ideas in Your Head Thursday Testing the Ideas in Your Head Friday Standards by Which To Judge the Ideas in Your Head Saturday Applying This Week's Lessons Week 05 "For the New Intellectual" in For the New Intellectual Sunday Outline and Questions Monday The Attila Tuesday The Witch Doctor Wednesday The Businessman Thursday Producers versus Destroyers Friday Becoming a Producer Saturday Applying This Week's Lessons Week 06 "Introduction" and "The Objectivist Ethics" in The Virtue of Selfishness Sunday Outline and Questions Monday Embracing the Ultimate Value Tuesday Embracing Self-Esteem Wednesday Embracing Reason Thursday Embracing Purpose Friday Loving Life Saturday Applying This Week's Lessons Week 07 "The Metaphysical Versus the Man-Made" in Philosophy: Who Needs It Sunday Outline and Questions Monday Accepting the Laws of Nature Tuesday Evaluating the Laws of Man Wednesday Accepting the Truth of How Things Are Now Thursday Envisioning How Things Might Be and Ought To Be Friday The Dreams List Revisited Saturday Applying This Week's Lessons II. Emotions -- The Need for BondingWeek 08 "Causality versus Duty" in Philosophy: Who Needs It Sunday Outline and Questions Monday The Human Need for Bonding Tuesday The Ruling Value of Self-Esteem Wednesday Name Your Top Ten Most Joyous Emotions Thursday Name the Causes of Your Top Ten Most Joyous Emotions Friday The Joy of Not "Needing" Others Saturday Applying This Week's Lessons Week 09 "The Ethics of Emergencies" in The Virtue of Selfishness Sunday Outline and Questions Monday Name Some People Whom You Value So Much as To Risk Your Life To Save Tuesday What Virtues Did These People Possess To Make You Value Them So Much? Wednesday Name Some People Whom You Value Little as Not To Risk Your Life To Save Thursday What Vices Did These People Possess To Make You Value Them So Little? Friday The Dreams List Revisited Again Saturday Applying This Week's Lessons III. Mind -- The Need for KnowingWeek 10 "The 'Conflicts' of Men's Interests" in The Virtue of Selfishness Sunday Outline and Questions Monday The Human Need for Knowing Tuesday The Ruling Value of Reason Wednesday Applying the Law of Identity to Human Relations Thursday Rationality and Its Four Component Virtues Friday Employing Independence, Integrity and Honesty To Achieve Justice Saturday Applying This Week's Lessons Week 11 "Doesn't Life Require Compromise?" in The Virtue of Selfishness Sunday Outline and Questions Monday The Law of Identity Revisited Tuesday Common Interests versus Compromise Wednesday Food and Poison versus Polarity Management Thursday Developing Total Clarity of Your Values Friday Knowing When To Entrench and When To Retreat Saturday Applying This Week's Lessons Week 12 "How Does One Lead a Rational Life in an Irrational Society?" in The Virtue of Selfishness Sunday Outline and Questions Monday Roles and Rational Egoism Tuesday Common Roles Wednesday Name Your Roles Thursday Name the Governing Values Tied to Each Role Friday Firmly Evaluating the Emotional Payoffs of Your Relationships Saturday Applying This Week's Lessons Week 13 "The Cult of Moral Grayness" in The Virtue of Selfishness Sunday Outline and Questions Monday Good Judgment and Good Living Tuesday Building Good Relationships with Good People Wednesday Terminating Bad Relationships with Bad People Thursday Managing Mixed Relationships with Mixed People Friday Evaluating Your Relationships across Time Saturday Applying This Week's Lessons IV. Body -- The Need for ActingWeek 14 "Man's Rights" in The Virtue of Selfishness Sunday Outline and Questions Monday The Human Need for Acting Tuesday The Ruling Value of Purpose Wednesday Why You Need Liberty Thursday Why You Need Property Friday Articulating Your Personal Mission Statement Saturday Applying This Week's Lessons Week 15 "The Nature of Government" in The Virtue of Selfishness Sunday Outline and Questions Monday The History of Government Tuesday Why Anarchy Fails Wednesday Why Tyranny Fails Thursday Why Freedom Succeeds Friday Your Role in the Government of a Free Society Saturday Applying This Week's Lessons Week 16 "What is Capitalism?" in Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal Sunday Outline and Questions Monday Capitalism and the Best within You Tuesday Translating Values into Physical Form Wednesday Turning Values into Goals Thursday Achieving Goals Virtuously Friday Enjoying the Achievement of Goals Saturday Applying This Week's Lessons Week 17 "'Extremism,' or The Art of Smearing" in Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal Sunday Outline and Questions Monday Concepts and Clarity Tuesday The Importance of Clear Meaning Wednesday Ambiguity and Death Thursday Clarity and Life Friday Getting Totally Clear on Your Values Saturday Applying This Week's Lessons Week 18 "The Roots of War" in Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal Sunday Outline and Questions Monday Defining War Tuesday Just and Unjust Wars Wednesday War and Value Preservation Thursday War and Value Destruction Friday Acting in Your Own Best Interests in Times of War Saturday Applying This Week's Lessons Week 19 "Conservatism: An Obituary" in Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal Sunday Outline and Questions Monday Defining Conservatism Tuesday Defining Liberalism Wednesday Objectivism versus Conservatism versus Liberalism Thursday Why Simply Attacking an Enemy Fails Friday Defining and Advancing Your Own Clear Vision Saturday Applying This Week's Lessons Week 20 "Racism" in The Virtue of Selfishness Sunday Outline and Questions Monday Tribalism Tuesday Racism Wednesday Collectivism Thursday How Collectivism Robs You of Your Life Friday Individualism as the Antidote to Collectivism Saturday Applying This Week's Lessons Week 21 "The Cashing-in: The Student 'Rebellion'" in Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal Sunday Outline and Questions Monday Ideas and Actions Tuesday Unreason and the Floundering Life Wednesday Mob Mentalities Thursday Reason and the Flourishing Life Friday Getting an Education While Leaving Your Mind Intact Saturday Applying This Week's Lessons Week 22 "The Anti-Industrial Revolution" in Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution Sunday Outline and Questions Monday Stages of Social Evolution Tuesday From Hunters and Gatherers to Knowledge Workers Wednesday The Primitive Mindset Thursday Why You Need Freedom and Industry Friday Defending Your Mind against Primitivism Saturday Applying This Week's Lessons V. Life -- The Need for BeingWeek 23 "The Psycho-Epistemology of Art" in The Romantic Manifesto Sunday Outline and Questions Monday The Four Needs as Aspects of the Need for Being Tuesday Art and Spirit Wednesday Art and Emotions Thursday Art and Mind Friday Art and Body Saturday Applying This Week's Lessons Week 24 "Art and Sense of Life" in The Romantic Manifesto Sunday Outline and Questions Monday The Benevolent Universe Premise Tuesday The Benevolent Sense of Life Wednesday Art as Spiritual Fuel Thursday Spiritual Fuel as Necessary for Genuine Productiveness Friday Productiveness and Benevolence Saturday Applying This Week's Lessons Week 25 Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand by Leonard Peikoff -- Epilogue Sunday Outline and Questions Monday Fantasies of Plato versus Realities of Aristotle Tuesday The Bloody Trail from Plato's Caves Wednesday Aquinas and Aristotle Stop the Bleeding Thursday Immanuel Kant Opens New Wounds Friday The Healing Power of Ayn Rand Saturday Applying This Week's Lessons Afterword -- Living Your Dreams without Pain or Fear or Guilt
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