Thursday, May 21, 2009

Review - The New IQ by David Gruder, Ph.D.

by David Gruder, Ph.D.

Paperback: 308 pages
Publisher: Elite Books; illustrated edition edition (February 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1604150130
ISBN-13: 978-1604150131
Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches

The New IQ - How Integrity Intelligence Serves You, Your Relationships, and Our World is a very unique and interesting self help book. The idea that through the bettering of each individual, this will bring about a large spectrum of change and bettering society, makes perfect sense - it's just the way to accomplish such a feat that is difficult. David Gruder, Ph.D., takes on that challenge and educates readers to find their individual Integrity and to turn each person into a three dimensional version of themselves and to reap the heady rewards.

Today's society is lacking, heavily, in morals, integrity and just plain goodness. This makes it very hard to discover and wrap ourselves in a blanket of happiness and inner success. The New IQ is broken down into five sections, each containing chapters to break down and focus on individual aspects of those sections. They include:

Section One: Life in an Age of Lack of Integrity

Section Two: How Lack of Integrity Became So Commonplace

Section Three: Demystifying the Rhythm of Adult Life

Section Four: The Seven Key Life Skills Natural Developers Develop...and How You Can Develop Them Too

Section Five: The Grand Upshift in Humanity and Your Role in Helping it Emerge

The ways in which to use this book are endless. A reader may read page by page, in order, skip around, browse and select sections that seem particularly important at that moment and time - then come back to another section at a later time. There is no right or wrong way to read and use the wonderfully informative and resourceful book. The New IQ will bring to light many aspect of a readers life and help them to understand and improve themselves - thereby improving those people and things around them.

The New IQ is sure to be read and reread again and again - and shared with family and friends. In addition to The New IQ book, there is a workbook and a delightfully informative website (http://www.thenewiq.com/)to tie everything together and to enable the learning and education to continue.

*overall rating 4/5

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About The New IQ:

From the White House, to the board room, to the privacy of our own bedrooms and virtually everywhere in between, one thing our society is badly in need of is a restoration of integrity. The New IQ provides a dynamic road tested primer for restoring this disappearing virtue for the sake of our loved ones, our communities, our businesses, our society, and our own personal wellbeing.

By reviewing the wealth of psychological and spiritual wisdom from across history and culture, secular and sacred aspects of human experience, psychologist David Gruder identifies the three core human drives at the heart of integrity: authentic self-expression, connection with others, and making a positive difference in the world. He streamlines this breadth of information into a user-friendly guide for integrating personal, relationship, leadership and integrity development.

The New IQ provides a practical antidote to the self-indulgence and abrogation of social responsibility that are the source of today's massive absence of integrity at all levels of society. Even before its release, this far-reaching book was already being embraced by leaders across the fields of business, international relations, education, religion, health and psychology. It is truly a book for our time and for all of us.

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About David Gruder, Ph.D.:

David Gruder, PhD, DCEP, is perhaps the world’s only clinical-organizational psychologist specializing in integrity development. Known as "The Integritizer," he is the leader in transpartisan nondenominational strategies for solving the massive integrity deficits that have caused today's vast social, economic, and political challenges. Dr. Gruder founded the "Integritize America Campaign," an integrity stimulus plan for renewing personal, relationship and societal integrity so we can finally co-create sustainable solutions to today's most challenging issues. His latest book, "THE NEW IQ: How Integrity Intelligence Serves You, Your Relationships and our World," is the world's first step-by-step guide to attaining personal, relationship, and career fulfillment during difficult times without sacrificing ethics and integrity. It has won five book awards in the areas of "social change," (book of the year), "current events in politics and society" (honorable mention), "health & wellness" (book of the year), "self-help" (bronze medal) and "metapsychology" (book of the year). A professional speaker and trainer for almost three decades, Dr. Gruder speaks, trains, consults worldwide on how to "Integritize" citizens, government, communities, businesses, health care, education, religion, journalism, advocacy groups, and leadership. His clients have ranged from family-owned businesses to American Express work teams, from the Sanoviv Medical Institute to the San Diego Office of Education Management Academy, and from local politicians and executives to World Trade Organization ambassadors. His main website is www.TheNewIQ.com.

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