Far from Fine

“As Shwetha says, we sleepwalk through life. To protect us from the ravages of stress and inevitable pain, our brains shut down our ability to be present. We become numb. By the time we are adults, we don’t know how to feel joy. Reading Far from Fine can wake you up, bringing you back to life. It offers an effective blueprint for personal transformation. With ‘Points to Ponder’ and ‘Self-Discovery’ exercises, Shwetha deepens self-awareness and offers practical tools that are easy to adopt. If you follow along, the journey will help you sculpt an intentional life. The book is a timely reminder to stop living life on autopilot and choose to embrace who you are, what you value, and the totality of life.” 
—Dr Marcia Reynolds, Internationally recognised coach and author of Outsmart Your Brain and Breakthrough Coaching

As our society has made tremendous progress in the material world, moving a lot of people up on Maslow’s hierarchy, the needs of society are shifting to questions around self-actualisation versus questions of food and security. Our past mental models made in the era of scarcity were reasonably simple and deterministic, given the paucity of opportunities and choices. Thus, following the herd or sleepwalking through life was an okay strategy for a large number of people and seems to have certainly worked for me thus far (I was born on the day of the moon landing). However, the world of abundance that now faces many cannot be traversed effectively with the mental models of the scarcity era and provides an opportunity for everyone to create their own unique path. Far from Fine provides a comprehensive explanation and lays out the strategy for crafting your own unique path in current times.
—Pankaj Rai, Group Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Aditya Birla Group

A beautiful and much-needed reminder to pay attention to your current state, coupled with actionable steps for personal growth.
—Derek Sivers, Author of Useful Not True, How to Live, and Hell Yeah or No

About 40 trillion cells have come together in an incredibly complex and harmonious dance to give each of us a unique gift—our life. We owe it to ourselves to maximise every moment of our lives, playing to our unique strengths instead of merely existing. This book provides the readers with an easily relatable and remarkably effective blueprint for personal transformation. Shwetha gives us that timely reminder that when we find balance, take the time to know who we truly are, and believe in our capabilities, we can accomplish anything we desire.
—RamG Vallath, Bestselling author, motivational speaker, and positive-mindset coach

Don’t sleepwalk through your life . . . that would be such a travesty, despite all the accolades that you may have accumulated along the way. Create your own destiny. Bring more meaning and joy into your everyday life. Be more than just fine, and live each moment with great intentionality. These are just a few of the many wonderful pearls of wisdom that you are sure to find in Shwetha’s book, which I believe is a much-needed wake-up call for all of us running the corporate rate race.
—Lulu Raghavan, Vice President (Asia Pacific), Landor