DR. BLUMBERG HAS LOOKED BACK OVER HIS PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND EXTRACTED HIS "RULES OF THE ROAD" OR WISDOM FOR LIVING. HE HAS ORGANIZED HIS THOUGHTS AROUND COMMON ISSUES SUCH AS OUR TENDENCY TO SEEK PERFECTION, TO WANT TO DISTORT REALITY TO COMPLY WITH OUR DESIRES, AND TO SEEK SECURITY IN GOING ALONG WITH THE TIDE OF GENERAL OPINION, EVEN WHEN WE SUSPECT IT IS WRONG. HE ALSO EXAMINES THE RELATIONSHIPS WE HAVE WITH SIGNIFICANT OTHERS, INCLUDING OUR PARENTS, BOSSES, SPOUSES AND FRIENDS. THROUGHOUT DR. BLUMBERG EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR EXPERIENCE, AND BEING OPEN TO IT, AS A MEANS OF THREADING A MEANINGFUL COURSE IN OUR LIVES AND ACHIEVING WISDOM. HE CONCLUDES WITH HIS THOUGHTS ON THE VALUE OF NATURE AND THE ARTS IN ENRICHING OUR EXPERIENCES, AND LEADING TO MORE MEANINGFUL LIVES.