big reasons to love america
Christian Ray Flores here, with a shameless plug on this glorious 4th of July.
If you want a perfect gift to yourself, to friends and family that will put a smile on your face about living in the US - my Little Book of Big Reasons to Love America is it.
Eric Metaxas, bestselling author of Revolution: The Birth of The Greatest Nation in the History of the World said this about my book:
“Christian Ray Flores reminds us that what we have in America is a rare and extraordinary gift, not the norm across the world. His remarkable stories are a wake-up call we desperately need.”
Freedom - roughly 72% of the world lives under some form of authoritarian rule. That’s why it falls to immigrants like me, who’ve lived the alternative, to remind everyone else how precious freedom is. It’s not normal. It’s a privilege.
Entrepreneurship - prosperity is a precondition to happiness, and prosperity is generated by one thing: business. America has an entrepreneurial culture unlike anywhere else on earth. The idea generates the culture, the culture generates the prosperity. It’s impossible to overstate how not normal that is. And for a case study in how fast that culture can create scarcity - just watch the states and cities electing socialist policymakers.
Faith - a prosperous society’s relationship to spirituality moves in cycles. We’re quick to shake off religious tradition, then just as quick to rediscover it and see how central a transcendent practice really is. America holds every kind of faith, and roughly 50% claim no religious affiliation.
What the stats don’t capture is how deep the Judeo-Christian baseline runs through the culture itself - a shared moral and ethical framework everyone inherits, believer or not. In America, even atheists think Christian thoughts and see the world through a Christian lens.
Because of it, we build families, defend freedom, believe in entrepreneurship, and strive. Dysfunction, darkness, and mess included - America is an extraordinary place to live. And I’m proud to be a citizen.
Speaking of daring greatly - the Passion to Profit Lab, my 4-day challenge, is going live soon. If you’re an expert, business owner, consultant, or CEO - this is for you.
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Join the waitlist here and we’ll let you know the moment it’s live.
Happy 4th of July everyone! God bless America.