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  Today's blog post is the next in the series of book back stories and is the story behind Road Map to Power by Syed and Darius Husain. From the author -  The beginning for  Road Map to Power  occurred on the melting asphalt of a parking lot on a blistering Missouri summer day. It was there my father hitched a ride home from a work colleague named Bill. I will spare you the details of the encounter - you will have to read the book! - but the experience served as an inflection point in my father’s life. From many vantage points, Dr. Syed Arshad Husain was the American dream manifested. Born into humble beginnings, he immigrated to the United States and reached the pinnacle of his profession. On the way to the top, however, my father had drifted from the reasons why he embarked on the journey in the first place. His experience with Bill was a course correction and Dr. Syed Arshad Husain rededicated his life’s work to serving the most marginalized and forgotten in our ...

  What is a book jewel? A sometimes-overlooked book with remarkable insight and potential significance. Each month, we share near-daily, or as often as possible, reviews of the monthly book jewel - short, succinct reviews that can be read in 1-2 minutes with links to the reviewer by reviewers whose words are worthy of being heard and whose opinions are worthy of being considered. Sometimes a couple of minutes contains more impressive thought than ten times that many. We will let you decide that. This month's book jewel is  Road Map to Power  by Syed and Darius Husain . Description What is the true source of authentic power? Offering a detour from the dead end of this "buy more, be more" culture, the authors demonstrate why the traditional routes to power are accessible only for an elite few. Wrapping warm, profound stories of empowerment around an extensive body of research, Road Map to Power is your guide to a life of dignity, satisfaction, and happiness. keywords: authe...

  Most of us grow up believing happiness is something we find —a lucky convergence of circumstances, relationships, and timing. But the older we get, the more obvious it becomes: happiness isn’t discovered, it’s built . And the building happens inside, not outside. A deeper sense of happiness isn’t a mood. It’s a stance toward life. It’s the quiet confidence that you are living in alignment with who you are, what you value, and how you want to move through the world. Below are a few pathways toward that deeper, steadier form of happiness—paths that echo some of the insights from Husain’s Road Map to Power , which emphasizes inner agency, clarity of purpose, and the discipline of choosing your life rather than drifting through it. 1. Stop outsourcing your emotional center A surprising amount of unhappiness comes from giving other people too much power over our internal state. We wait for approval, validation, or reassurance. We let someone else’s mood dictate our own. A deepe...