Healing a Broken World

By Robert Nideffer

Healing a Broken World is about taking the steps necessary for us to come together to solve the world’s problems, and ensure a future for our children and our children’s children. Topics covered in Healing A Broken World include:

The challenges an economic model that is based on consumption has for the sustainability of the planet.
The challenges increasing globalization and cultural diversity create for our existing values and beliefs.
The breakdown of trust in our leaders, and in their ability to deal with the increasing political, religious, economic, racial, and cultural tensions we are being confronted with.
The steps we need to take, and the sacrifices we need to be willing to make, to restore trust and cooperation and begin solving the world’s problems.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu Publishing Services
• Release date: Mar 30, 2016
• ISBN: 9781483447339

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Copyright © 2016 Robert M. Nideffer, Ph.D..

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Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Preface

Chapter 1: Society’s Achilles Heel

Chapter 2: High School Then and Now

Chapter 3: Global Problems and Changing Values and Beliefs

Chapter 4: A World In Transition

Chapter 5: The Downward Performance Spiral

Chapter 6: Breaking The Downward Performance Spiral

Chapter 7: Replacing Pride With Humility

Chapter 8: Transformation Of The Heart Isn’t Easy

Chapter 9: Forgiving Instead of Condemning

Chapter 10: Serving Instead of Being Served

Chapter 11: A World Worth Saving

Notes

Additional Readings

Author Biography

Dedication

This book is dedicated to all those who care about the world they will leave to their children, and to their children’s children.

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank my children and my brother in law Howard Fairbank for sensitizing me to, and educating me about, sustainability issues and the future of our planet.

Preface

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The photo of the space station orbiting the earth is a testimony to the ingenuity and ability of the human species to solve problems and accomplish great things when we get our collective act together. The photo of an atomic explosion on the back of the book illustrates just how destructive we can be when our ingenuity and creativity get out of hand.

Unfortunately, our competitive nature and our winner take all mentality has led to the development of global problems that are threatening the sustainability of our planet. At the precise moment in history when we need to be able to bring together