{"product_id":"9781418420338","title":"You're not the only one on this Planet!: Observations on the absence of Civility: A Book of Leadership","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is a clever satire with a serious social message: How poorly we treat each other in society and how this poor behavior weakens us personally and as a nation.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe book critiques a wide array of everyday social behaviors and offers solutions on how to correct our uncivilized behavior.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDr. Mayer proposes a new social disorder (illness) he calls, \u003cu\u003eC\u003c\/u\u003eenter \u003cu\u003eO\u003c\/u\u003ef the \u003cu\u003eW\u003c\/u\u003eorld Syndrome. Those who suffer from this he labels as \u003cu\u003eCOWS\u003c\/u\u003e. He terms the solutions offered as: \u003cu\u003eTipping the Cows\u003c\/u\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eJohn Mayer on:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cu\u003eThe Universal sign of friendship\u003c\/u\u003e: Does this really mean anything anymore? When someone flips you off, do we really care?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cu\u003eTipping the Cow\u003c\/u\u003e:…Blow fellow motorists a “kiss” when they salute you with that harmless finger…try it…you’ll get a bigger reaction.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eConversation\u003c\/u\u003e: Do ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ just not exist anymore? I don’t know where they went, but, poof! they disappeared right out of the English language. if you want to visit them they reside in dictionaries like sitting in a museum.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cu\u003eTipping the Cow\u003c\/u\u003e: We have to stop responding to people who don’t request things from us in a civil manner.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eParenting\u003c\/u\u003e:… parents (who) place their needs and expectations before the children’s. They are Cow parents. why don’t children do things the way we want them to do them? Because they \u003cu\u003eare\u003c\/u\u003e children!… they are not finished products by definition.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eMental Health Professionals\u003c\/u\u003e: The Mental Health Field is a big, ripe grazing pasture for Cows.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eParenting\u003c\/u\u003e: it is absolutely uncivilized behavior of a society to allow such large numbers of youth to use drugs… How do we \u003cu\u003enot\u003c\/u\u003e allow our kids to drink and drug? we talk to them, we control them, model for them, mentor them and we punish (Ooops! not supposed to say that word, punish, now-a-days.) them for unacceptable behavior…talk to your kids…don’t let drugs be an unmentionable secret around the house--we need to let them know what dire consequences we will inflict upon them if they use drugs or drink.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47158736683248,"sku":"9781418420338","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781418420338_p0.jpg?v=1763727767","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781418420338","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}