YOUAGAINST YOU
You Against You
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©2025 Rangika Ekanayake
Publisher: BoD· BooksonDemand, Östermalmstorg 1, 114 42 Stockholm, Sweden,bod@bod.se
Print: LibriPlureos GmbH,Friedensallee 273, 22763 Hamburg, Germany
ISBN:978-91-8097-762-3
This book is dedicatedto My father whonurturedmyhabit of reading, My mother whonever stoppedmefrom readingbook asecondtime, My husbandwho always encourage my passionfor collecting books And My daughter whoenjoysreading with me.
INTRODUCTION
“The meaningoflifeistofindyourgift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” –Pablo Picasso
As of 2025, we have 8.2billion people living on this planet. Each of theseindividuals hasexperiences,lessons learned, and knowledge gathered inside them,carryingitwiththem. What if we hada waytotransform that wisdom into 8.2billion books? Thinkabout theimmeasurable insights we couldshare with theworld andwiththe future generations. Butitdoesnot happenveryoften.Mostofthe time,wetakeall that wisdom with us on theday we leave, withouteverhavinga chance to share.
So,I wanted to writea book to achievethispurpose -using my ownexperiences,the lessonsI learned, andthe knowledge Igatheredbyreading andstudyingthe successstories among us.I wanted to writethe kind of book IwishI hadreadwhile growingup. This wasonmymindfor some time,but Ikept postponing it,telling myself Iwould do it when Iretire- maybe next year or theyearafter.I wasprocrastinating.
Then came thewake-up call:the dayI heardmylovingfather wasnolongerwithme. Aconstantpresenceinmylifesuddenly wasn’t thereanymore.The person whoinstilled in me thehabit of readingwas no longer with me.Thisrealization of the impermanence of life reminded me that time is limited. So,I
wanted to startwriting that book now, andI did. Andthe result is in your hands.
This book is my attempttoshare thelessons I’ve learned- the wisdom I’ve gained throughmyown experiencesand from others.I triedtostructure this book in away that each chapter leaves youwithone pieceofwisdom- to unlock your best self, onestepata time.You canstart from anychapter in this book, butmakesuretoreadall thirty.Asyou gain this bite-sized wisdom,besuretopassitalong to thepersonnexttoyou.
Happy reading!