The Four Ls

About the Book

In this entertaining and informative memoir, Dan Mayur traces a fascinating life story from his humble beginnings in rural India to his ascent into corporate leadership in America. This is a book about the struggles of a young man in the pursuit of excellence in the face of the vicissitudes of life, with all its glorious unpredictability of setbacks and victories. It is about people and places and influences and experiences. In search of real happiness beyond a high-paying corporate job, he took early retirement to pursue his interests in travel, reading, writing, and charity. He proposes that laughing, learning, and loving are necessary and sufficient for happy living, and he brings out his wealth of lessons for life in his trademark lucid language, creating vivid imagery in the reader’s mind. He does this with philosophic undertones, using sensitivity, wit, and humor. Written as a road map for a successful and happy life, this book will appeal to a wide audience of teachers, students, travelers, and people with curiosity and interest in life and, above all, to all parents and children.

About the Author

Dan Mayur is an engineer, financial planner, freelance writer, and a world traveler. He is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and has a PhD in chemical engineering from the William Marsh Rice University in Houston, Texas, USA. He has worked for Shell Oil and Bechtel in senior-management capacity. He is active on the speaker circuit and has published numerous papers for international conferences. He has written two books, Mumbai to Stockholm via New York: People, Places, and Politics Reflections of a Globe-Trotter in English and Samajrang in Marathi, coauthored with Anita Kulkarni. His interests include writing on people, places, and politics, with emphasis on socioeconomic issues. A global citizen in spirit, he resides in Sugar Land, Texas, but splits his time between India and the USA. He can be reached at danmayur@hotmail.com.