This book is about ordinary people like you and me, discussing ordinary things that may happen during the course of our ordinary lives. I try to make these ordinary things interesting by adding humors and characters; to make them educational by engaging in-depth arguments from different perspectives; and to make them purposeful by stimulating our minds with new ideas and unconventional wisdoms. Most of us are followers; we're not born a sheep but trained like one, and we're very comfortable being in the position of following. You don't need to look far to observe the herd mentality; the...

Almost all parents dream about the "magic formula" to parenthood, one that turns babies into happy, well-behaved kids, then later into high-achieving, respectful adolescents, and then finally into kind-hearted, confident young adults. However, for many parents, parenthood can often seem more like a NIGHTMARE than a pleasant dream. In this book, the author shares his views on parenting principles based on his and his wife's own experiences raising their two children, whom are often seen by relatives and friends as "successful" children because they both graduated from Harvard and are leading...