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    How to Achieve Extreme Happiness and Wisdom: A Practical Guide
    How to Achieve Extreme Happiness and Wisdom: A Practical Guide
    How to Achieve Extreme Happiness and Wisdom: A Practical Guide
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    How to Achieve Extreme Happiness and Wisdom: A Practical Guide

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    You can achieve happiness and wisdom to the level you want, from the simplest through to the extreme.

    In this updated version of How to Achieve Extreme Happiness and Wisdom, Geoff Pridham explains the theory and then gives the practical steps you can take to achieve happiness and wisdom. Through methods like Go Inside and Know Yourself, Take Control of Yourself and Increase Your Happiness, and Make Plans and Manage Yourself, Pridham shows how you can elevate yourself above your normal levels of happiness and wisdom. By applying the practical steps you can make your life better and more satisfying than it has ever been before.

    In the final section of the book, Pridham brings the practical steps together into a Powerful Process which you can apply at all times. The Powerful Process gives you a simple integrated approach which guarantees you will be happier and wiser to the level you choose whenever you wish.

    This improved version of How to Achieve Extreme Happiness and Wisdom will give you the tools you need to live happily and wisely to the level you have always wanted.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGeoff Pridham
    Release dateOct 26, 2011
    ISBN9781465803818
    How to Achieve Extreme Happiness and Wisdom: A Practical Guide
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    Geoff Pridham

    Geoff Pridham is a retired IT manager who has had a lifelong interest in what is the real truth: about the world, about people, and about what can really be known. He has privately studied many areas related to this, including psychology, philosophy, neuroscience, religion, spirituality, physics, biology and creative thought. He uses both his IT knowledge and his other studies to create his works.Geoff lives happily in Sydney, Australia with his lovely wife.

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      How to Achieve Extreme Happiness and Wisdom - Geoff Pridham

      How to Achieve Extreme Happiness and Wisdom

      A Practical Guide

      By Geoff Pridham

      Copyright 2011 by Geoffrey Robert Pridham

      Published by Geoff Pridham at Smashwords

      This book is available in print at most online retailers.

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      HAPPINESS AND WISDOM

      A PRACTICAL VIEW

      SECTION I - THE THEORY

      SECTION II - PRACTICAL WAYS TO ACHIEVE EXTREME HAPPINESS AND WISDOM

      1. SEEK HAPPINESS WISELY

      2. ASK AN EXPERT

      3. GO INSIDE AND KNOW YOURSELF

      4. CALM YOURSELF AND INCREASE YOUR HAPPINESS

      5. THINK AGAIN

      6. MEMORIZE MORE

      7. RECHECK YOUR OLD IDEAS

      8.MAKE PLANS AND MANAGE YOURSELF

      9. BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER (SEEK HAPPINESS WISELY AND WISDOM HAPPILY - PART TWO)

      THANKS FOR SHARING THE JOURNEY

      ~~~~

      HAPPINESS AND WISDOM

      If we had extreme happiness and wisdom we would live the best possible life.

      What exactly is the best possible life? Is it the same for everyone? Let's not worry about those questions for the moment - when we look back from later in the book it will be clear what the best possible life is. For now let's start by considering not what the best possible life is but how we could achieve it. What is the simplest practical way to achieve extreme happiness and wisdom?

      Why the wisdom part? Why not just talk about extreme happiness? Because happiness without wisdom will not last and wisdom is the only sure way to retain the happiness you gain. Also, knowing about wisdom is the most certain way of making yourself happier at all times.

      You want to live the best possible life - the answer to achieving this is wisdom. This is the practical approach to life, the sensible and realistic way that will lead you to happiness - extreme happiness - in return for the effort you are willing to put in. Maybe you already know this.

      People cry out for the good life. Across the world and throughout the ages people have wondered how to be happy, how to live well, how to solve the problem of their own life and that of humanity. When will this ever be solved? What does the future hold for us in terms of understanding our own lives? Maybe we will never see this ourselves. Maybe we will be like the people of the past who saw their lives and their worlds very differently to how we see things today. Who knows what is to come, what is to be discovered, what is to be thought in that mysterious future so far away?

      Let's not worry about that now, let's turn our attention to solving what we can today to the best of the knowledge and wisdom that we can muster. Let the distant future take care of itself.

      MOVING FORWARD INTO A BETTER AND SUNNIER WORLD

      But hasn't this been done before? Haven't we come up with solutions to living the best possible life in other times, other areas and other places? Haven't the people of the past worked all this out? Buddhism, Christianity, Islam and other answers have helped us before in living the best possible life in accordance with the most important and central truths... right?

      In this book we will not be so concerned with discussing the various solutions of the past, or from different areas, so much as finding out why we think the things that we do and proposing a way forward. I will tell you about the way we think and feel and how this influences us - away from the best possible life in many cases - and what we can do to overcome this and move forward into a better and sunnier world.

      Who am I to be telling you about these things? What are my qualifications? What do I know? It's important that you understand what you are getting into. You need to check the qualifications of the people who are talking to you, because not everyone is honest and not everyone is really qualified to tell you what they know.

      I am a philosopher and thinker. I don't mean in an academic or impractical sense. I am not an ivory-tower theorist who sits alone trying to think up wonderful ideas. I am a straightforward person who wants to help you and others to lead happier and wiser lives.

      What do I know about this? Well, I have certainly put a lot of time and effort into it! I started in 1976 when I first asked myself the question: Why do we believe the things we do? A simple question but one that has led me on a journey of research and study - and thinking - that has touched on many areas. I have read about psychology, philosophy, biology, religion, genetics, art, culture, history, and many other topics. What's more, I have thought carefully and practically about these things and have put them together into a simple and practical system. Not relying on study alone, I have put these ideas into practice and tried them out to see if they really work. It's been more than thirty years and I am confident that I know what I am talking about now.

      It's your turn to see if what I am saying makes sense. I invite you to read this and form your own conclusions. We can have fun together as you hear about my ideas. In the end you will be able to make up your own mind about what I have said.

      RISING ABOVE OURSELVES

      This book has a structure - I have designed it to make it as easy as possible for you to build up your knowledge of what I have to say and then see the practical applications of the ideas. There are two main sections: theory and practical applications. In the theory section I will tell you what people are and how their nature can be simply broken down into emotions, thinking and knowledge. In the practical applications section I will tell you about methods we can use to improve ourselves and live better and happier lives.

      The theory is that once we understand what we are then we can look at ways to improve on that. We can imagine what it would be like if we were superior creatures with better minds and ways of living. From these imaginings we can devise the steps that would take us from what we are to what we could be. We can rise above ourselves, as it were.

      How superior do we want to be? Do we want to be super creatures who can virtually walk on water or deal calmly and happily with anything? Or do we just want to be better and happier people who can deal well with most things in life? That is a question which I will answer by providing you with a range of options from the simple and easy to achieve through to the complex and difficult. You can choose which ones you want to follow - the simple, the intermediate, or the difficult. It's up to you how much effort you are willing to put in compared to how much benefit you hope to gain from making these changes to your character and being. You will be the captain of this voyage to happiness and wisdom.

      A QUICK LOOK AT THE GENERAL AREAS TO COME

      Let's take a quick look at the general areas that we will be talking about in this book. First, we will be considering the information and guidance we can find in the world today. What is generally known about our human nature? What has psychology and science discovered about us so far? What recommendations do psychologists and other authorities have for us about living our lives the best possible way?

      Second, after we look at what the experts have to say we will do some thinking to see what we can figure out about our nature and that of others by looking inside ourselves. What do we find inside ourselves? What do we have in common with others and what can we learn from this? What is different between us and others? How does this limit what we can really know about what it is like in the minds of others?

      Third, we will learn about methods for improving how we think. We have our natural thinking abilities but are there ways we can improve on this by using things like logic or creative thinking? How well do these work? What benefits will this give us and at what cost?

      Finally, we will bring all these different ideas together into a single package. This package will cover a range from the simple and easy through to the complex and difficult. You can choose which area of the range is worth applying to your life based on how much effort it will take and how much benefit you expect to gain from it. We will also describe a powerful process which you can follow to ensure you achieve happiness and wisdom at all times.

      THE POWERFUL PROCESS

      You will not be able to understand all the steps yet, but to give you some idea of the powerful process that is to be taught in this book I will provide a rough overview here. The details will be explained throughout the book, especially in the practical section, and at the end I will describe this process fully.

      The first step is to be done as often as possible:

      1. Create inner serenity. (This will be explained in Chapter 4. Calm Yourself and Increase Your Happiness.)

      The next set of steps are to be done when you have some time:

      1. Learn things that contribute to happiness and wisdom. (This will be explained in Chapter 2. Ask an Expert and Chapter 6. Memorize More.)

      2. Learn about yourself. (From Chapter 3. Go Inside and Chapter 7. Recheck Your Old Ideas.)

      3. Recheck your old conclusions. (From Chapter 7. Recheck Your Old Ideas.)

      4. Think again. (From Chapter 5. Think Again.)

      5. Make plans. (From Chapter 8. Make Plans and Manage Yourself.)

      6. Check progress towards your goals. (From Chapter 8. Make Plans and Manage Yourself.)

      The final set of steps are the things to be done when a situation calls for action, asking for something to be done:

      1. Calm your emotions. (From Chapter 4. Calm Yourself and Increase Your Happiness.)

      2. Gain perspective on the situation. (From Chapter 4. Calm Yourself and Increase Your Happiness.)

      3. Broaden your perception so you can observe all the clues. (From Chapter 5. Think Again.)

      4. Think of some realistic positive points. (From Chapter 4. Calm Yourself and Increase Your Happiness.)

      5. Classify the importance and timing of the action called for. (From Chapter 8. Make Plans and Manage Yourself.)

      6. Discard unnecessary actions. (From Chapter 8. Make Plans and Manage Yourself.)

      7. Carry out selected immediate actions. (From Chapter 8. Make Plans and Manage Yourself.)

      8. Put other selected actions in a diary or list, if needed. (From Chapter 8. Make Plans and Manage Yourself.)

      All this will be made crystal-clear as you read the book and you will be able

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