Genre: Self
Help
Description:
“This book will make you smarter, more capable and more creative,
super-fast - whatever your IQ.
Have you ever had a problem at home, work or in a relationship that
you just couldn't figure out how to solve? Have you felt stuck and frustrated
because you can't come up with a good solution? Maybe it's a problem that's
been niggling at you for ages, draining your energy and making you unhappy. Or
maybe it's an ambition or project which you can't seem to complete or achieve,
no matter how hard you try – but it would make such a difference to your life
if only you could.
Have you wasted precious time or money on ineffective solutions? Has
the issue caused you stress or hung a cloud over your life? Has your potential
suffered because you can't see how to achieve your goals?
How much better would your life be if you were able to overcome your
obstacles super-fast? If you could have instant epiphanies rather than wasting
your time spinning your wheels? Wouldn't you feel lighter and freer knowing
that you can solve issues in a snap? Wouldn't life be easier and more enjoyable
when you can simply eradicate problems and get on with your goals?
Blending science, psychology and philosophy, INSTANT WISDOM: 10 Easy Ways to Get Smart Fast will teach you
tools, tweaks and techniques that will make you smarter in mere minutes or
seconds, boosting your creativity and expanding your mental horizons.”
Author:
“Beth Burgess is an award-winning, best-selling author, therapist,
coach, freelance writer, and founder of several specialist services…
After making a complete mess of the first part of her life, Beth set
out on a journey to gain insight, so she could become a wiser, better, happier
person.
By studying and exploring science, spirituality, philosophy, psychology,
and sociology, Beth has been able to formulate new ways of thinking, develop
her own insights, and transform her life.
Beth wanted to share the wisdom she has learned, so she set up
Wiseism.com, a resource to help people use wisdom to improve their lives.”
Appraisal:
I just glanced at the dictionary for a definition of wisdom and what I
found talks about three things. Smarts, the stuff you know comes first. Experience,
what I’d call the stuff you’ve learned from doing. Last is good judgement,
which might be looked at as having a good sense of how to combine the first two
in coming to a conclusion on how to proceed when faced with the need for a
decision.
Instant
Wisdom addresses all three pieces of this to some degree, outlining different
techniques or approaches to help improve your decision-making skills to become
more wise. One statement near the start of the book jumped out at me when the
author talked about how “acknowledging your own ignorance can pave the way to
greater wisdom.” Those who think they know it all have been shown to vastly overestimate
their knowledge. (Research the “Dunning-Krueger Effect if you’re interested in
details.) Those who take the author’s advice and assume they don’t know as much
as they’d like to are more likely to not only actually know more when decision
time comes, but also are more likely to do adequate research in coming to a
decision and increase their knowledge in the process.
Do the author’s ideas work? I suspect this will vary from person to
person, but I’m going to vote yes. Some of the ideas are things I’d already
discovered and use, so those definitely work for me. The others seem logically
sound, it’s just a matter of putting them into practice.
FYI:
Uses UK spelling conventions.
Format/Typo
Issues:
No significant issues.
Rating: ****
Four Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate
word count: 30-35,000 words
