The first lecture, "Practical Training in Thought" concerns the fundamental human activity of thinking. In the second, "Overcoming Nervousness" Steiner gives exercises in thinking that work toward strengthening the "I" which gives us inward calm and centredness. The third lecture, "Facing Karma", takes us to the heart of life, to the place where we experience suffering and happiness. Finally in the "The Four Temperaments", we learn how the union of hereditary factors and our own inner spiritual nature shape our psychology.
