I wrote this for the women of Iran who are fighting for basic human rights against a regime. I wrote this for the people of Ukraine to help them fight Russian propaganda. I wrote this to empower exhausted political moderates who spent the last decade watching the far-left and far-right tear apart Western society.
And although I am not a mental health professional, many of my readers have informed me that this book has allowed them to process the abuse and manipulation they faced and heal. There are striking similarities between the manipulations used by both regime states and abusive individuals. Therefore, I also wrote this book for those who struggle against toxic people.
The "Art of Grey Area Thinking" teaches readers how to process chaos. It teaches readers how to navigate ambiguities where the hard rules of black-and-white thinking are irrelevant and harmful.
Grey area thinking is striving to do the right thing, in the right way, at the right time, in the right amount, for the right reasons, and with respect to our limits.
An individual who masters grey-area thinking becomes an exceptional analyst, problem solver, strategist, and decision-maker. The side effects? That individual also becomes far more resistant to psychological abuse and extremist influence.
While not all black-and-white thinking is bad, toxic black-and-white thinking is a core value of extremist groups across every ideology. I don't think I have to elaborate on how big of a problem extremism is around the globe. We must teach young people about grey-area thinking to counter this ever-growing threat. The "Art of Grey Area Thinking" provides the tools and framework for future generations to destroy extremist influence.