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Live Like a Citizen
A spiritual guide to creating hope and healing in American civic life.
We live in a time of fracture and lost faith. But most Americans donât want this feeling. Most of us, the exhausted majority, want to be invited into something better. Thatâs the call of Live Like a Citizen: to give everyone the tools to turn away from the resentment and cynicism eroding democratic life. To turn toward a healthier way of living together. Eric Liu, CEO of Citizen University, gives readers eight deep practices for rekindling our belief in democracyâand our own humanity.
Each chapter centers on a single verbâan elemental civic way to be and to be with. Through powerful stories of Americans from many backgrounds, we learn anew how to:
1. See: Seeing too quickly makes us manipulable by algorithms and exploitable by politicians. Weâve got to retrain our eyes to stop making three-dimensional humans as flat as our screens.
2. Listen: Listening canât solve everythingâbut nothing can be solved without listening. Weâve forgotten the transformative civic power of making someone feel truly heard.
3. Feel: We will learn how to practice civic joy, civic love, and civic grief. To face ourselves so we can face each other. To make pain into a bridge rather than a moat.
4. Join: Joining is more than lurking on the sidelines or being âalone togetherâ online. It is finding purpose by committing to others, in person and in place, over and over.
5. Fight: We donât need fewer arguments. We need fewer stupid ones. When we argue to understand rather than to win, we make relationship possible. Fighting like a citizen means fighting like we must live together perpetually.
6. Change: You cannot truly change another personâs mind unless you are willing to change your own. And you cannot change it unless you know your own mind and learn the minds of othersâand resist being too sure youâre right.
7. Imagine: Civic imagination is a powerful forceâbut it can be used to harm as well as heal. Imagining a shared future in our diverse society is therefore a practiceâand an imperative.
8. Commit: When we live out these habits of heart and mind, we are creating a new culture of commitmentâto one another, and to the purposes of our continuing revolution.
Democracy works only if enough of us believe democracy works. Live Like a Citizen will give you reason to believeâand the tools to transform belief into everyday action.
We live in a time of fracture and lost faith. But most Americans donât want this feeling. Most of us, the exhausted majority, want to be invited into something better. Thatâs the call of Live Like a Citizen: to give everyone the tools to turn away from the resentment and cynicism eroding democratic life. To turn toward a healthier way of living together. Eric Liu, CEO of Citizen University, gives readers eight deep practices for rekindling our belief in democracyâand our own humanity.
Each chapter centers on a single verbâan elemental civic way to be and to be with. Through powerful stories of Americans from many backgrounds, we learn anew how to:
1. See: Seeing too quickly makes us manipulable by algorithms and exploitable by politicians. Weâve got to retrain our eyes to stop making three-dimensional humans as flat as our screens.
2. Listen: Listening canât solve everythingâbut nothing can be solved without listening. Weâve forgotten the transformative civic power of making someone feel truly heard.
3. Feel: We will learn how to practice civic joy, civic love, and civic grief. To face ourselves so we can face each other. To make pain into a bridge rather than a moat.
4. Join: Joining is more than lurking on the sidelines or being âalone togetherâ online. It is finding purpose by committing to others, in person and in place, over and over.
5. Fight: We donât need fewer arguments. We need fewer stupid ones. When we argue to understand rather than to win, we make relationship possible. Fighting like a citizen means fighting like we must live together perpetually.
6. Change: You cannot truly change another personâs mind unless you are willing to change your own. And you cannot change it unless you know your own mind and learn the minds of othersâand resist being too sure youâre right.
7. Imagine: Civic imagination is a powerful forceâbut it can be used to harm as well as heal. Imagining a shared future in our diverse society is therefore a practiceâand an imperative.
8. Commit: When we live out these habits of heart and mind, we are creating a new culture of commitmentâto one another, and to the purposes of our continuing revolution.
Democracy works only if enough of us believe democracy works. Live Like a Citizen will give you reason to believeâand the tools to transform belief into everyday action.
A spiritual guide to creating hope and healing in American civic life.
We live in a time of fracture and lost faith. But most Americans donât want this feeling. Most of us, the exhausted majority, want to be invited into something better. Thatâs the call of Live Like a Citizen: to give everyone the tools to turn away from the resentment and cynicism eroding democratic life. To turn toward a healthier way of living together. Eric Liu, CEO of Citizen University, gives readers eight deep practices for rekindling our belief in democracyâand our own humanity.
Each chapter centers on a single verbâan elemental civic way to be and to be with. Through powerful stories of Americans from many backgrounds, we learn anew how to:
1. See: Seeing too quickly makes us manipulable by algorithms and exploitable by politicians. Weâve got to retrain our eyes to stop making three-dimensional humans as flat as our screens.
2. Listen: Listening canât solve everythingâbut nothing can be solved without listening. Weâve forgotten the transformative civic power of making someone feel truly heard.
3. Feel: We will learn how to practice civic joy, civic love, and civic grief. To face ourselves so we can face each other. To make pain into a bridge rather than a moat.
4. Join: Joining is more than lurking on the sidelines or being âalone togetherâ online. It is finding purpose by committing to others, in person and in place, over and over.
5. Fight: We donât need fewer arguments. We need fewer stupid ones. When we argue to understand rather than to win, we make relationship possible. Fighting like a citizen means fighting like we must live together perpetually.
6. Change: You cannot truly change another personâs mind unless you are willing to change your own. And you cannot change it unless you know your own mind and learn the minds of othersâand resist being too sure youâre right.
7. Imagine: Civic imagination is a powerful forceâbut it can be used to harm as well as heal. Imagining a shared future in our diverse society is therefore a practiceâand an imperative.
8. Commit: When we live out these habits of heart and mind, we are creating a new culture of commitmentâto one another, and to the purposes of our continuing revolution.
Democracy works only if enough of us believe democracy works. Live Like a Citizen will give you reason to believeâand the tools to transform belief into everyday action.
We live in a time of fracture and lost faith. But most Americans donât want this feeling. Most of us, the exhausted majority, want to be invited into something better. Thatâs the call of Live Like a Citizen: to give everyone the tools to turn away from the resentment and cynicism eroding democratic life. To turn toward a healthier way of living together. Eric Liu, CEO of Citizen University, gives readers eight deep practices for rekindling our belief in democracyâand our own humanity.
Each chapter centers on a single verbâan elemental civic way to be and to be with. Through powerful stories of Americans from many backgrounds, we learn anew how to:
1. See: Seeing too quickly makes us manipulable by algorithms and exploitable by politicians. Weâve got to retrain our eyes to stop making three-dimensional humans as flat as our screens.
2. Listen: Listening canât solve everythingâbut nothing can be solved without listening. Weâve forgotten the transformative civic power of making someone feel truly heard.
3. Feel: We will learn how to practice civic joy, civic love, and civic grief. To face ourselves so we can face each other. To make pain into a bridge rather than a moat.
4. Join: Joining is more than lurking on the sidelines or being âalone togetherâ online. It is finding purpose by committing to others, in person and in place, over and over.
5. Fight: We donât need fewer arguments. We need fewer stupid ones. When we argue to understand rather than to win, we make relationship possible. Fighting like a citizen means fighting like we must live together perpetually.
6. Change: You cannot truly change another personâs mind unless you are willing to change your own. And you cannot change it unless you know your own mind and learn the minds of othersâand resist being too sure youâre right.
7. Imagine: Civic imagination is a powerful forceâbut it can be used to harm as well as heal. Imagining a shared future in our diverse society is therefore a practiceâand an imperative.
8. Commit: When we live out these habits of heart and mind, we are creating a new culture of commitmentâto one another, and to the purposes of our continuing revolution.
Democracy works only if enough of us believe democracy works. Live Like a Citizen will give you reason to believeâand the tools to transform belief into everyday action.
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A spiritual guide to creating hope and healing in American civic life.
We live in a time of fracture and lost faith. But most Americans donât want this feeling. Most of us, the exhausted majority, want to be invited into something better. Thatâs the call of Live Like a Citizen: to give everyone the tools to turn away from the resentment and cynicism eroding democratic life. To turn toward a healthier way of living together. Eric Liu, CEO of Citizen University, gives readers eight deep practices for rekindling our belief in democracyâand our own humanity.
Each chapter centers on a single verbâan elemental civic way to be and to be with. Through powerful stories of Americans from many backgrounds, we learn anew how to:
1. See: Seeing too quickly makes us manipulable by algorithms and exploitable by politicians. Weâve got to retrain our eyes to stop making three-dimensional humans as flat as our screens.
2. Listen: Listening canât solve everythingâbut nothing can be solved without listening. Weâve forgotten the transformative civic power of making someone feel truly heard.
3. Feel: We will learn how to practice civic joy, civic love, and civic grief. To face ourselves so we can face each other. To make pain into a bridge rather than a moat.
4. Join: Joining is more than lurking on the sidelines or being âalone togetherâ online. It is finding purpose by committing to others, in person and in place, over and over.
5. Fight: We donât need fewer arguments. We need fewer stupid ones. When we argue to understand rather than to win, we make relationship possible. Fighting like a citizen means fighting like we must live together perpetually.
6. Change: You cannot truly change another personâs mind unless you are willing to change your own. And you cannot change it unless you know your own mind and learn the minds of othersâand resist being too sure youâre right.
7. Imagine: Civic imagination is a powerful forceâbut it can be used to harm as well as heal. Imagining a shared future in our diverse society is therefore a practiceâand an imperative.
8. Commit: When we live out these habits of heart and mind, we are creating a new culture of commitmentâto one another, and to the purposes of our continuing revolution.
Democracy works only if enough of us believe democracy works. Live Like a Citizen will give you reason to believeâand the tools to transform belief into everyday action.
We live in a time of fracture and lost faith. But most Americans donât want this feeling. Most of us, the exhausted majority, want to be invited into something better. Thatâs the call of Live Like a Citizen: to give everyone the tools to turn away from the resentment and cynicism eroding democratic life. To turn toward a healthier way of living together. Eric Liu, CEO of Citizen University, gives readers eight deep practices for rekindling our belief in democracyâand our own humanity.
Each chapter centers on a single verbâan elemental civic way to be and to be with. Through powerful stories of Americans from many backgrounds, we learn anew how to:
1. See: Seeing too quickly makes us manipulable by algorithms and exploitable by politicians. Weâve got to retrain our eyes to stop making three-dimensional humans as flat as our screens.
2. Listen: Listening canât solve everythingâbut nothing can be solved without listening. Weâve forgotten the transformative civic power of making someone feel truly heard.
3. Feel: We will learn how to practice civic joy, civic love, and civic grief. To face ourselves so we can face each other. To make pain into a bridge rather than a moat.
4. Join: Joining is more than lurking on the sidelines or being âalone togetherâ online. It is finding purpose by committing to others, in person and in place, over and over.
5. Fight: We donât need fewer arguments. We need fewer stupid ones. When we argue to understand rather than to win, we make relationship possible. Fighting like a citizen means fighting like we must live together perpetually.
6. Change: You cannot truly change another personâs mind unless you are willing to change your own. And you cannot change it unless you know your own mind and learn the minds of othersâand resist being too sure youâre right.
7. Imagine: Civic imagination is a powerful forceâbut it can be used to harm as well as heal. Imagining a shared future in our diverse society is therefore a practiceâand an imperative.
8. Commit: When we live out these habits of heart and mind, we are creating a new culture of commitmentâto one another, and to the purposes of our continuing revolution.
Democracy works only if enough of us believe democracy works. Live Like a Citizen will give you reason to believeâand the tools to transform belief into everyday action.
