The Top 10 Reasons to Read this Book1how to learn from the lives of the masters of the art of living — Jesus, Buddha, Socrates, Confucius, and more — how to attain self-mastery and how to interpretevents so that you get the maximum power and joy out of your life2how to strategically employ the five grandest institutions — the church, the economy, the state, the academy, and the family — to win the power game of your life3how to recognize that the kingdom of heaven lies within you and depends on your relationship with yourself and with everyone else around you4how to ask yourself the questions and do the tasks and challenges necessary to embark on and succeed in the quest for enlightenment5how to apply the timeless elements of the human condition to find peace with yourself, your life, and the world6how to open up a clearing where you can find the path through life that fits you best7how to finance the leisure time necessary to determine who you want to become8how to align the life that you have imagined with the life you are actually living9how to become a Philobios — an individual so in love with life and with the world that he finds everyone and everything in it full of wonder10how to learn that you win the game of life when you find happiness with yourself