Exactly a year ago, I blogged about Murali Murthy's book The Ace Principle that listed 15 success principles to Absorb Comprehend and Excel (therefore ACE) in every area of life.
It is a brilliant book that helps understand the meaning of life and living, and helps setting
up a plan to achieve one’s objectives in life. Many authors would settle down into easy obscurity after having their first book published, or at least rest of the laurels for a while.
Not Murali. Within a year, he’s back with another ace – The Ace Awakening – 8 Milestones to scale the peaks of life.
The book begins by a simple observation by the author:
“Each year, I trek
over 60 kilometres across one of the most inhospitable terrains in southern
India and join thousands of people from around the world who overcome extreme
challenges to climb five peaks in the attempt to reach the summit of
Sabarimala.
As I write this book, I have successfully climbed Sabarimala
26 years in a row.
Why did I want to climb a mountain?
On my very first trip to Sabarimala, that question was
answered. Because mountains are majestic and inspire awe. They tower and loom
above us. They outscale us. When we climb a mountain, we participate in its majesty
and awe. Some part of its aura enters our life story and imbues it with
meaning. It is not that we become as great as the mountain when we scale it
but, rather, its greatness becomes part of us. That power which loomed over us
at the foot goes inside us at the peak.”
Murali shares his experiences of trekking and overcoming
extreme challenges to successfully climb five perilous peaks, and describes his
personal journey using his experience of reaching the top of the mountain as a
metaphor to the challenges in life we all face.
The result is an illuminating enumeration of
eight milestones that will serve as a guide to everyone on the journey to reach
the pinnacle of excellence in life.
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| Murali Murthy reading from his book |
- Identifying a life purpose
- The insight and the understanding
- The research
- The mentorship
- The journey begins
- The uncompromised long route
- At the peak
- The next peak
Each of these milestones is a stage in the journey to the
shrine of Sabarimala, one of the most important temples in India, and also in
the world, reportedly attracting over a 100 million devotees annually. And each
of the milestones is accompanied by an insight that translates the mountain
trekking experience into a scalable life goal.
With the permission of the author, Generally About Books is
reproducing one the insights from the book – insight that accompanies Milestone
7: At the Peak.
See the blog entry below:
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