Understanding Life: : Context is Everything

Understanding is a process that is largely independent of subject...Whether you are trying to understand the mating habits of the pygmy three-toed sloth or life itself, the process is pretty much the same.

Gary Moreau, extensive global traveler and successful businessman, doesn't claim to have the answers to life-what one person could? But he has spent a lot of time thinking about the questions that inform his approach to life. This has led him to realize that everyone has the power to understand their own lives with the implementation of a few simple rules. Moreau dedicates a whole chapter to each rule-to each practice that provides context to life-covering topics such as listening, priorities, intent, time, and touch.

Bridging Western and Eastern cultures and philosophies, Understanding Life doesn't try to provide a one-size-fits-all template for living, but rather it encourages readers to identify the uniquely individualized external factors they encounter and the personal and intricate internal values they use to navigate these factors.

Forget what you think you know about life's meaning and your connection to it. Understanding Life will have you appreciating the dichotomy-the good and the bad-in life in a truly transformational way.

Gary Moreau, married with two daughters, was born and raised in rural America. A graduate of Middlebury College, he has lived a global lifestyle, traveling around the world and living in China for nine years. The author of seven books, Moreau also received the prestigious Kirkus Star for exceptional merit for his second book in the Understanding series, Understanding Business: The Logic of Balance. The first book in the series is Understanding China: There Is Reason for the Difference.

Outside of writing, Moreau has been recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Global Leader for Tomorrow in the inaugural class of 1993, which included Bill Gates and Michael Dell.