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I Don't Have To
Source: The Objectivist Center
Author: David Kelley
City: Poughkeepsie, State: NY, Country: United States
E-mail: ios@free-market.net

"'Have-to's' tend to be all alike: Divorced from the hierarchy of my values, they present themselves in single file, making identical demands on [one's] time."

Self-Reliance
Source: Economic.net
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Country: United States

Emerson's classic essay on the spiritual and psychological importance of achieving self-reliance.

Master iconoclast: A celebration of Thomas Szasz
Source: Laissez Faire Books
Country: United States

A nice introduction to this famous libertarian advocate of *voluntary* psychology.

Eric Hoffer Quotes
Source: Freedom's Nest
Country: United States

A nice intro to Hoffer and loads of quotes from him. Hoffer was the author of the classic book "The True Believer," and made important contributions to the understanding of mass and mob psychology.

What Self-Esteem Is and Is Not
Source: The Art of Living Consciously, Simon & Schuster
Author: Nathaniel Branden
Country: United States
E-mail: NathanielBranden@compuserve.com

Branden pioneered the self-esteem movement. Here he attempts to salvage his original ideas from the distortions and trivializations of leftist identity-group politicians and the government-school status-quo.

Reflections on Happiness
Source: Taking Responsibility: Self-Reliance and the Accountable Life
Author: Nathaniel Branden
Country: United States
E-mail: NathanielBranden@compuserve.com

An excerpt from his 1996 book, this essay on happiness explores how the individual's attitude, more than the external events of his life, are more likely to affect his happiness or lack thereof.

Solutions, Not Excuses
Source: Living Resources Psychotherapy Center
Author: Michael J. Hurd, Ph.D.
Country: United States
E-mail: drhurd@drhurd.com

Hurd offers some excellent guidelines to finding therapy that is focused on changing unhealthy thought and behavior patterns, and that doesn't dwell on childhood victimology. Excerpted from his new book, "Effective Therapy."

Psychotherapy, Self-Initiative & Self-Confidence
Source: Living Resources Psychotherapy Center
Author: Michael J. Hurd, Ph.D.
Country: United States
E-mail: drhurd@drhurd.com

Hurd offers more tips to getting the most out of your experience with psychotherapy, including some guidelines on how to take a more active and more self-initiating role.

Life Extension Foundation FAQ
Source: Life Extension Foundation
Country: United States
E-mail: generalquestions@lef.org?subject=Questions/

Information on the Life Extension Foundation's products and services.

Honor is a harder master than the law
Source: LibertyStory
Author: Jim Powell
Country: United States

They thought Sam Clemens (Mark Twain) was too old to pay everybody back the $94,000 in debt he had accumulated. They were wrong.

A basic medical kit for a 10-20 person shelter
Source: Doctors for Disaster Preparedness
Author: Dr. Jane M. Orient
Country: United States
E-mail: ddp@free-market.net

So, what if the politicos do "blow it all to hell," in the immortal words of Charleton Heston in "Planet of the Apes"? Well, here's a primer on the medical necessities for your post-apocalypse bunker. Don't forget the Yahtzee! scorepads.

Statistical disaster
Source: Physicians for Civil Defense
Country: United States
E-mail: pcd@free-market.net

Mark Twain said that there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. "What he should have said," say the Physicians for Civil Defense, "is that there are liars, damned liars, and those who distort and misuse statistics." Learn how to tell the difference between statistically significant phenomena and puffery used to promote a social agenda.

The causes of aggression
Source: International Society for Individual Liberty
Author: Jarret B. Wollstein
Country: United States

ISIL pamphlet explores the causes of human aggression, including irrational greed, envy, and collectivism. It shows steps that would end most of the aggression in the world today.

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