Seldom do we find a self-help book that claws away misconceptions the way Dr. David Gruder's book does.  In his new tome, The New IQ:  How Integrity Intelligence Serves You, Your Relationships, and Our World, the human condition is laid bare, before our eyes.

 

Ever wonder why we have trouble reaching a relaxed maturity?  Dr. Gruder tells us it is because we fail to discard our Childhood Survival Plan.  That prevents becoming us from becoming well-rounded adults, by integrating our three core drives--Authenticity, Connection and Impact.  When these three are out of balance, Dr. Gruder teaches us, we cannot live a life that is balanced and fulfilling. 

 

In easy to access prose, Dr. Gruder lays bare the essence of the human condition.  He teaches us how we can become whole, happy and well integrated within ourselves, our family, and our community.

 

Every note in Dr. Gruder's book rings true.  It is the result of over thirty-five years of experience dealing with the problems we all face, every day of our lives.  There is not a single wasted page, not even a wasted sentence in Dr. Gruder's book. 

Readers who have embarked on a crusade to make themselves into the people they have always wished to be will find a handy primer here.  Dr. Gruder's advice harks back to the Socratic dictum:  Know thyself...  It echoes the famous Navajo word, Hozho...  Walk in balance, walk in beauty.  The New IQ:  How Integrity Intelligence Serves You, Your Relationships, and Our World is the must read book of the year.

~~ Book Review Written by The Midnight Bookworm, Vin Smith, April 17, 2008

Vin Smith's Midnight Bookworm segments nationally broadcast on Night Shift and The International UFO Institute radio program on America First Radio. Vin began his radio career in the mid-sixties at the small 250 watt station in Frederick, Oklahoma, KTAT. Later, he would move to Oklahoma City to star on KOCY as the first midnight radio personality in the station's history. His show was sponsored by Spectro Theaters and the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. While at KTAT, Vin invented the Countrypolitan Radio Format. It was one of the most successful radio formats ever developed, incorporating music that would one day fuel the crossover movement. In 1986, Vin won the first of three straight writing awards from the National Writers Club in Aurora,  Colorado. Today Vin "Doc" Smith has a Doctor of Divinity degree and is a freelance writer, novelist, poet, pianist, singer, songwriter, composer, orator, ventriloquist, entertainer, journalist, talented hypnotist, AND he can still be heard nationally on the America First Radio Network.