I found many managers, both in my professional and consultancy career, putting in extremely hard work and long hours at the office or factory. And yet, they either feel they are not successful enough or their organizations feel they are not efficient enough. The stress due to either actual or perceived "non-performance" at the office can be very damaging to a manager or to an executive, both at a physical level and at a psychological level.

While many organizations take sincere steps to give honest and professional feedback and train a manager to come out of those perceived or real shortcomings and skills, I see still an apprehension or yearning amongst managers regarding their managerial capability or skill levels. The best way to learn or sharpen a skill is through experience rather than just getting trained in the classroom alone.

I decided that I would write a book which can address some of these "Performance" related issues. What can be better than sharing what one has learned in his own life through his experiences?

Having penned my thoughts about the workplace, now, my personal side!

Thanks to the support from my parents, right from a very young age, I simply loved to travel to new places, especially, where not many people tread. And being amidst nature always made me content and happy. When I observed closely, I found many things, we humans can learn from nature and its surrounding experiences.

This became a passion after a while when I started driving out of town, for very long distances in my car and more so, riding my motorbike. In those journeys, I always found there were thrill, happiness and most importantly, a lot of learning if we care to observe. I somehow always found time to balance my work with my passion for travel. Even when I grew in organizations to senior levels, I made sure that my work life balance was never affected.

There is nothing wrong in classroom training or learning through various management books, which can form the base of the learning pyramid. But, if one experiences the management lessons in practical ways, then, I believe the lessons get imbibed into day to day habits much faster.

I found during my rides when I really looked closely, I learned many lessons which can be directly correlated to many management challenges of a manager.

When I started penning this book, though the content was clear, I was contemplating the style of presentation. Two books played a big influence on that decision.

One was "The Goal", a book by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and another "The Monk who sold his Ferrari" by Robin Sharma. Both the authors are on the list of top five of my favorite authors. And in both the books, the subject was explained in rather unique way. Instead of just making a reader read through a book, he is taken on the journey of transformation through conversations, experiences, and discussions.

In this age of boredom, where even 10-year-old kids get bored easily, I decided to adopt a similar "storytelling" method of narration rather than simple advisory narration!

So here we are! Get ready for the ride of your life!! A motorbike ride, where there are management lessons learned through the ride itself, from the people met on the way, from the good and through not so good experiences and through thrilling encounters.

And for the readers who have not yet started riding motorbikes, start by riding with the characters in this book. Experience the forests, mountains, waterfalls, oceans and more, as you go along!

Happy riding, readers! Cheers !!