The Practice of Living : Writings on Navigating Everyday Realities

Life is serious business, one that calls for intentionality, planning, and precision. In this book that is a collection of 24 essays, Patrick Muindi helps you get better at a practice that we must all learn to perfect: living. He tells you to be intentional in defining your worth. He advises that in any undertaking, we must learn to play the long game, seeing the end in the beginning. In here, you will be told to feel your dreams intensely while at the same time moving beyond potential. You'll know why you must be jealous and protective of a resource that was always meant to be yours: time.

There are warnings about common yet misguided notions-like seeing everything as personal and having the expectation that the world will pamper you. Muindi cautions you to go easy on control, lest you miscalculate, inviting the wrong present. You will learn why we all must be competent in our dealings-personal and professional-because the world is no place for gamblers. Reading this book, it becomes clear there is a lot of life, success, and happiness in what you can influence.

This book will inspire, inform, and challenge you. It will teach you to approach life from a real and practical angle. You can consider it a companion, instructing on crucial perspectives for an informed, effective, and balanced life. You will also know why practicality requires appreciating the inevitability of universal games like power and self-interest. In this book, you have found insights that will inform your everyday living.