If Life Was a Game

About the Book

If life were a game, what would be the objective? This is a question I have been asking myself, my clients, and my friends for quite some time, with some very interesting responses. Some give a scientific answer to survive and replicate; this is definitely true for the human race to survive. Some say, I don’t know, but by far and away, the most common response is to win. I then ask, What does that mean to win? This is where most people get stuck. This to me is like playing a game of soccer and having twenty-two players on the field and none of them really knowing what the objective of the game really is. That would make quite an interesting game to watch. There are very few people, in my opinion, who clearly understand what the main objective is and how to go about achieving this. Most people are simply playing the game not really knowing what their aim is. That is why I felt the need to explore this topic and to share with you what I have learnt.

About the Author

I was born on 11 September 1974, in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, three years after my sister Kimya was born. Both my parents were studying at universities in America, my father in hospitality and my mother in aesthetics. Three years later, we moved back to Iran, where my father worked in the hotel for the Shah of Iran and my mother as an aesthetician. The family then decided to move to Sydney, Australia, as a result of the Islamic revolution around 1981. It was not an easy task to leave Iran as the borders had been closed off, and the family had to be smuggled out of the country into neighbouring Afghanistan and then into Pakistan. Being the child of Middle Eastern parents, it was drilled into my head from a young age that my objective should be to practise medicine. This became my focus in life, and it was a great disappointment when I did not achieve the results required to enter medicine. However, there was a glimmer of hope as I was successful in acquiring the grade required for entry into medical science. I successfully completed my medical science degree in 1996 and attempted the GAMSAT exam for entry into medicine. For the second time in my life, I was extremely disappointed as I missed out on entry by a very narrow margin.