The New IQ: How Integrity Intelligence Serves You, Your Relationships, and Our World

David Gruder, PhD
Elite Books (2008)
ISBN 9781604150131
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (10/08)

 

We are living in an age where integrity is lacking.  Psychologist Dr. Gruder wrote “The New IQ,” to show how this lack of integrity has evolved and to provide us with a plan to bring it back into every aspect of our own life.  “The New IQ” offers case histories; examples, self-assessments, exercises, and a glossary to provide us with everything that we need to increase our IQ (Integrity Quotient).  The author states, “Integrity Intelligence is our ability to align our personal authenticity, our ability to co-create mutually satisfying and effective relationships, and our attentiveness to making the work a better place.”

Dr. Gruder discusses our Three Core Drives that interconnect to form our three dimensional self.  They are authenticity, connection and impact.  Many of us are not in integrity with all three.  The more we can align these, the higher our IQ.  Three Dimensional Integrity includes authenticity, love, leadership and spirituality.  He also discusses the types of people and has you investigate to see which type you are.  Are you a Self-Improver, a Connector, or a Do-gooder?  Once you figure this out, you can look at your strengths and weaknesses to determine what action you can take to make improvements within yourself. 

The area of the book that I found most helpful was in the discussions on what causes us to fall out of integrity.  Exercises are presented to have us look at our childhood and discover how we might have started disconnecting back then.  The exercises also show us how childhood might have affected our integrity as adults.  By gaining an understanding of this information we can work on realigning ourselves.  I like that we are encouraged to learn from our past, develop new behaviors and move on to a more fulfilling life.  We are not to get hung up on everything that happened.  I think this is so important.  I also feel that by working to improve ourselves, we can offer so much more to improving the lives of others. 

If you could only choose one personal growth book this year, this would be the one for you. “The New IQ,” by David Gruder is intelligently written, yet still can be understood by the layperson.  It also offers everything that you could possibly need to make the changes that you need to increase your Integrity Quotient.  This book would also make an excellent gift for professionals who could utilize it with their clients.

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