Common Sense Versus Wisdom

My book, Common Sense Versus Wisdom: A Guide to Emotional Control & Rational Thinking is available in paperback at alondrapress.com (once on the site, click "Book Store" and search for my book). It is also down-loadable for $5.00 to Kindles (amazon.com) or Nooks (barnesandnoble.com), or, using free apps found online (Kindle app is best), to just about any smart phone (iPhone, Android), tablet (e.g. iPad, Galaxy) or computer (PC or Mac). Along with my e-book, you will get several free e-books.

Questions in the video are at the end of this blog.

Preface

This book is about avoiding extremes of thought and belief and of emotions and behavior. More specifically, it is about avoiding religious, political and ideological extremes. It is about being rational when it comes to finances, health, and safety. It is about managing anger, love, frustrations, decisions and non-conscious motivations, including prejudices. It is about preparing to resist social influence forces that can cause people to obey an immoral order and fail to help someone in the throes of a catastrophe. You will learn about growing wiser as you grow older, how to share your passionate interests with your children and grandchildren, and how to leave a lasting legacy. You will learn to cope with the memory and cognitive deficits that accompany aging. You will learn that family is not everything, IQ is not all there is to intelligence and DNA is not destiny. You will learn why people are so obsessed with being beautiful, handsome and youthful, that friendship may be the most underrated of close relationships, and that selecting a partner for life is not what it seems to be. Most importantly, you will learn that the keys to contentment are optimism and altruism, looking to the future without neglecting the present or ignoring the lessons of the past, and always keeping an open mind. Jesus, Bob Dylan, Woody Allen, George Washington, Charles Darwin and recent work by dozens of psychologists contribute to the provision of solutions to these complicated human problems. To avoid footnotes and references lists, I have included enough information for readers to successfully search online for the articles and books upon which I have relied.