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Bradley, Bill was born on July 28, 1943 in Crystal City, Missouri, United States. Son of Warren W. and Susan (Crowe) Bradley.
(During his terms in the U.S. Senate, Bill Bradley won a n...)
During his terms in the U.S. Senate, Bill Bradley won a national reputation for thoughtfulness, decency, and a willingness to take controversial positions on issues ranging from tax reform to the rights of Native Americans. All these qualities inform this best-selling memoir, in which Bradley assesses his political career and the experiences that shaped his convictions, and looks beyond them to consider the state of the American union on the eve of the 21st century. Time Present, Time Past offers an intimate portrait of the day-to-day working of the Senate: how legislation gets passed and sometimes thwarted; how money is raised and at what cost. But Bradley also writes about deeper questions: What does it means to be an American in an ago of dwindling opportunities and increasing inequality? How much can we expect from our public servants? What do we owe our fellow citizens? The result is a genuinely revelatory book, informed by intelligence, compassion, and unprecedented candor. "Strikingly reflects the realities of modern politics, what it looks like, feels like, from the inside."--New York Times Book Review
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(When you were a young child, you were pure love. You were...)
When you were a young child, you were pure love. You were happy, alive and free, but you were born into a world that suppresses this state. As a result, you got hurt and you got hurt a lot. As a little child, the only way you could explain these painful losses of love was to blame yourself. In a moment of hurt, you created the belief that you were worthless, not good enough, a failure, not worth loving, or in some other way, not okay. This wasn't the truth, but to a little child, this was the only explanation that made any sense at the time. You then hated the very belief that you created. "No one can ever love me if I'm worthless. Worthless is a horrible way to be." Without knowing, you created a core issue that would then sabotage the rest of your life. From that moment on, the underlying focus of your life would be to avoid this hurt. You may never notice this hurt, but it is certainly there. It determines your actions and shapes your life. Any circumstance that reactivates this hurt is subconsciously considered to be a serious threat and must be avoided at all cost. To protect yourself from this perceived threat, you automatically fight, resist, hang on and withdraw. This creates a state of fear, upset and tunnel vision. It destroys your ability to find solutions and it forces you to act in a way that sabotages your life. It destroys love and creates opposition and resistance against yourself. Every area of your life that isn't working and every self-sabotaging behavior can be traced directly to the automatic, subconscious avoidance of this hurt. Finding and healing this hurt is one of the most important things you can ever do. The first step in the healing process is to find what your hurt is.
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(When you were a young child, you were pure love. You were...)
When you were a young child, you were pure love. You were happy, alive and free, but you were born into a world that suppresses this state. As a result, you got hurt and you got hurt a lot. As a little child, the only way you could explain these painful losses of love was to blame yourself. In a moment of hurt, you created the belief that you were worthless, not good enough, a failure, not worth loving, or in some other way, not okay. This wasn't the truth, but to a little child, this was the only explanation that made any sense at the time. You then hated the very belief that you created. "No one can ever love me if I'm worthless. Worthless is a horrible way to be." Without knowing, you created a core issue that would then sabotage the rest of your life. From that moment on, the underlying focus of your life would be to avoid this hurt. You may never notice this hurt, but it is certainly there. It determines your actions and shapes your life. Any circumstance that reactivates this hurt is subconsciously considered to be a serious threat and must be avoided at all cost. To protect yourself from this perceived threat, you automatically fight, resist, hang on and withdraw. This creates a state of fear, upset and tunnel vision. It destroys your ability to find solutions and it forces you to act in a way that sabotages your life. It destroys love and creates opposition and resistance against yourself. Every area of your life that isn't working and every self-sabotaging behavior can be traced directly to the automatic, subconscious avoidance of this hurt. Finding and healing this hurt is one of the most important things you can ever do. The first step in the healing process is to find what your hurt is.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1878410210/?tag=2022091-20
(“Politics is stuck,” writes Bill Bradley, in this insight...)
“Politics is stuck,” writes Bill Bradley, in this insightful, informative, and provocative book about America at a crossroads, but “idealism isn’t dead. It can be reawakened.” What will it take to make America a better, stronger, truer country? asks the bestselling author, former Knicks star, and onetime presidential candidate. Bill Bradley believes that America is at a teachable moment when we are compelled to reevaluate our political system, our leadership, our agenda as a nation, and ourselves as citizens. With clarity and urgency, Bradley shows why the story we are being told now about who we are as a people is not true. He then offers a new story about our nation, based on America’s rich heritage and his belief in the character of the American people. Bradley explores what changes need to be made in our parties, in our politics, and in citizen activism to ensure America’s future. He asserts that the American people are ready for the truth and suggests that the party that chooses to embrace this new story will be in power for a generation. Writing from his own experience in politics and drawing on his knowledge of history, Bradley shows how the Republican Party has built a solid pyramid structure since the 1970s, at the base of which are money, ideas, and media, whereas the Democratic Party’s structure is an inverted pyramid, with too much emphasis put on the need for a charismatic leader to hold the pyramid up. Each party, for different reasons, fails to deal with the real issues that now confront America. This informed and inspiring call to action is addressed not only to the parties and elected leaders, but to citizens as well. Bradley proposes things every American can do to shape our nation’s future. He points out that if eighty percent of the electorate voted, instead of fifty percent, it would be the most important change in American politics since women got the vote. Now more than ever, he says, we need to embrace an “ethic of connectedness,” a combination of collective action and individual responsibility, to solve our nation’s most pressing problems, and he argues that the fate of all countries is bound together as never before. Writing today with the freedom of a private citizen, Bradley provides this transformative and eye-opening book about the danger and the promise of America’s choice at this crucial moment in the nation’s history.
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(“Politics is stuck,” writes Bill Bradley, in this insight...)
“Politics is stuck,” writes Bill Bradley, in this insightful, informative, and provocative book about America at a crossroads, but “idealism isn’t dead. It can be reawakened.” What will it take to make America a better, stronger, truer country? asks the bestselling author, former Knicks star, and onetime presidential candidate. Bill Bradley believes that America is at a teachable moment when we are compelled to reevaluate our political system, our leadership, our agenda as a nation, and ourselves as citizens. With clarity and urgency, Bradley shows why the story we are being told now about who we are as a people is not true. He then offers a new story about our nation, based on America’s rich heritage and his belief in the character of the American people. Bradley explores what changes need to be made in our parties, in our politics, and in citizen activism to ensure America’s future. He asserts that the American people are ready for the truth and suggests that the party that chooses to embrace this new story will be in power for a generation. Writing from his own experience in politics and drawing on his knowledge of history, Bradley shows how the Republican Party has built a solid pyramid structure since the 1970s, at the base of which are money, ideas, and media, whereas the Democratic Party’s structure is an inverted pyramid, with too much emphasis put on the need for a charismatic leader to hold the pyramid up. Each party, for different reasons, fails to deal with the real issues that now confront America. This informed and inspiring call to action is addressed not only to the parties and elected leaders, but to citizens as well. Bradley proposes things every American can do to shape our nation’s future. He points out that if eighty percent of the electorate voted, instead of fifty percent, it would be the most important change in American politics since women got the vote. Now more than ever, he says, we need to embrace an “ethic of connectedness,” a combination of collective action and individual responsibility, to solve our nation’s most pressing problems, and he argues that the fate of all countries is bound together as never before. Writing today with the freedom of a private citizen, Bradley provides this transformative and eye-opening book about the danger and the promise of America’s choice at this crucial moment in the nation’s history.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400065070/?tag=2022091-20
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Bradley, Bill was born on July 28, 1943 in Crystal City, Missouri, United States. Son of Warren W. and Susan (Crowe) Bradley.
Bachelor, Princeton University, 1965. Master of Arts, Oxford University, England, 1968. Data Control Language (honorary), Oxford University, 2003.
Guard New York Knicks, 1967-1977. United States Senator from New Jersey, 1979-1996. Distinguished leadership scholar, chair University Maryland, College Park, 1997—1999.
Payne Distinguished professor Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, 1997-1998. Managing director Allen & Company, LLC, since 2000. Chief outside advisor non-profit practice McKinsey & Company, 2001—2004.
Essayist Columbia Broadcasting System television Weekend Evening News, 1997-1998. Senior advisor, vice chair international council J.P. Morgan and Company, Inc., 1997-1999. Board directors Willis Insurance Group, Seagate Technology, since 2003, Starbucks Coffee Company.
Gather.com, since 2006. Visiting professor public affairs University Notre Dame, 1998. Board trustees Princeton University, 1998-2002.
Member Council Foreign Relations.
(“Politics is stuck,” writes Bill Bradley, in this insight...)
(“Politics is stuck,” writes Bill Bradley, in this insight...)
(When you were a young child, you were pure love. You were...)
(When you were a young child, you were pure love. You were...)
(Book by Senator Bill Bradley)
(During his terms in the U.S. Senate, Bill Bradley won a n...)
Author: Life on the Run, 1976, The Fair Tax, 1984, Time Present, Time Past: A Memoir, 1996, Values of the Game, 1998, The Journey From Here, 2000, The New American Story, 2007. Host: (radio talk show) American Voices, Sirius Satellite Radio, since 2005.
Chairman National Civic League, 1997-1998. 1st lieutenant United States Air Force Reserve, 1967-1978.
Married Ernestine Schlant, January 14, 1974. 1 child, Theresa Anne. 1 stepchild, Stephanie.