The Art of Wordly Wisdom

by Baltasar Gracian
Reviewed by Brian Beirl

Writers and publishers are on a never-ending quest to present us with the next cutting-edge business management, or leadership, book. The bookstores are filled with flashy covers and outrageous titles. Let us leave this publishing whirlwind of our modern, technology-driven, business world, and experience the writings of a controversial 17th century Jesuit monk, Baltasar Gracian.

His 450-year-old writings are not controversial by our standards, because his timeless thoughts serve as the foundation for many of the leadership and managerial books of the last 100 years.

The book is arranged as a random collection of 300, one-paragraph essays that present concise and insightful thoughts on such topics as:

Be attractive
The wise do at once, what the fool does later
Have no careless days
Do good a little at a time, but often
Know how to rely on yourself

At the end of the book there is an index that gives the theme of each essay, with accompanying page number for quick reference. This historic book has no agenda, no website, and no accompanying seminar series. It is merely the deep thoughts of a good person that have traveled through the centuries to remind us of the simplicity of being successful in a very complicated modern world.

I recommend The Art of Worldly Wisdom as a timeless book that we should make time for every day.

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Dr. Brian Beirl enjoys an active general dentistry practice and is also an author, educator, presenter, consultant and business coach. He has published, the bookbinder, a popular business fable regarding the personal challenges of running a business, and the soon to be released, the bookbinder,Janis’ Story, a story of a woman’s struggle to balance her professional and personal life.

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