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Integrity Quotient: The New IQReview of Dr. David Gruder's New Book on Integrity & Living in Truth
The three dimensions of integrity affect our self-relationships, friendships and service in the world, according to David Gruder, Ph.D. Are you living in integrity?
Do you live in integrity? The new book by psychologist David Gruder begins by criticizing the rampant lack of integrity in politics, business, and in the scientific and academic communities. But The New IQ: How Integrity Intelligence Serves You, Your Relationships, and Our World soon turns to the role of personal integrity in self-perception, healthy relationships, and in the future of our world. What is Integrity?Integrity, as David Gruder says in The New IQ, is “not a very sexy topic”; but it may be a key turning point in both personal happiness and world affairs. Gruder believes there are three aspects of integrity:
Gruder’s definition of integrity revolves around both an ethical soundness (“aligning our intentions, words and actions”) and the integration of a person’s total self – these three core drives that sometimes seem to compete. Only by meeting all three needs with honesty and wholeness can we achieve our full potential. The New IQ: The How-To Guide to Reconnect with Your IntegrityThe book is packed with concise, thorough consideration of personal integrity described in layers of concepts. It is illustrated by examples of integrity – and lack of integrity – at work in real people's lives. A good portion of the book discusses how people lose integrity – and why survival is more important than integrity as a child and at certain other times in our lives. According to Gruder, the return to integrity is not always consciously chosen: "…most people change not because they see the light but because they feel the heat." The final section of the book deals with the "Seven Wise Passions," seven key skills that are pivotal in creating and sustaining real integrity. These are:
The New IQ of Integrity – The Only Place to Go is Up"Intelligence quotient" or IQ is a pretty dated concept. "EQ" or "emotional intelligence," however, is the new catchword for describing a person's emotional range and relationship skills. Piggybacking on this new jargon, Dr. Gruder clearly hopes to take the self-improvement world by storm with the concept of a "new IQ" – integrity intelligence. "We are in the midst of the most damaging and dangerous pandemic lack of integrity that this world has ever seen; it therefore falls squarely on each one of us to first of all embody 3D integrity ourselves and to then demand it from others, especially our leaders." In tandem with the release of the book, Dr. Gruder has created a website, The New IQ, full of resources and information related to the book, as well as his Integrity blog and the new Integrity Pledge site inviting readers to sign a pledge committing to their own integrity. Dr. Gruder hopes to attract one million people to sign the Integrity Pledge. His intent is for the site to gain momentum, pulling together people who will take the abstract concept of "integrity" and put it to work in active, practical ways in their lives. "The world needs you. Your relationships need you. You need you. And if not now, when?" – Dr. David Gruder, The New IQ
The copyright of the article Integrity Quotient: The New IQ in Natural Medicine is owned by Victoria Anisman-Reiner. Permission to republish Integrity Quotient: The New IQ in print or online must be granted by the author in writing.
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