Wisdom for Life: Timeless Insights for Cultivating Joy and Growing Your World - Hardcover
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Have you ever felt a little lost in life?
Maybe after a relationship has soured, or when your health or finances are declining. Perhaps you are considering what to do with your life and are just not getting any answers.
Information and knowledge have increased at exponential rates--and will continue to do so. It is impossible for anyone to keep up. However, wisdom remains constant. The same principles that worked two thousand years ago are still very relevant today. Everything around us has changed: the environment, the people, and the contexts. But the principles and patterns of wisdom do not change.
In this exciting and powerful new book, Perry Atwal takes the fresh approach of marrying conventional, time-honoured wisdom with personal experiences, creating a modern and useful guide for anyone to become wiser. Topics as diverse as love and relationships, friends and family, health and well-being, learning, money and business, spirituality and faith, and leadership are explored in depth, with numerous examples to illustrate and exercises to deepen understanding. Using his experience of working and living on several continents, with many clients across myriad industries, Perry explores the consistent patterns that surround us and govern our lives.
Given the incredible pace of change around us and the fragility of what we hold dear, never has a book like this been more needed to remind us of what is truly important--and what has worked throughout history. Regardless of your stage in life, you will find abundant nuggets of wisdom within these pages. Are you ready to become wiser?
Perry Atwal has been a lecturer with the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, since 2007. During this time, he has taught over twenty thousand students at all levels, including undergraduates, masters, and executives. He has consulted, led projects, and taught professionals in numerous industries, such as banking, transportation, health care, real estate, engineering, insurance, education, automotive, and pharmaceuticals. His outstanding teaching has stretched to guest lecturing around the world, including stints at New York University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
As a versatile, impactful, and respected teacher, Perry has taught courses in many subjects, including negotiation, human resources, strategy, change management, decision-making, leadership, entrepreneurship, labour negotiations, marketing, performance management, and management boot camps. His infectious energy, passion, and commitment towards students have resulted in winning several teaching awards, as voted for by peers.
Prior to moving to Canada, Perry was with the US investment bank Morgan Stanley in London, Hong Kong, and New York. He has consulted with Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse First Boston, and Barclays Capital, and worked with ICI Paint in Europe.
Perry lives in Vancouver with his wife and two children and can often be seen engaging in his favorite hobby of taking extralong walks. He is an avid soccer fan and tries to watch and play as often as possible.
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