Embrace the Chaos: How India Taught Me to Stop Overthinking and Start Living [Paperback]

Like many of us, Bob Miglani felt overwhelmed and anxious. He worried constantly about his job, his finances, and his family. It was a chance invitation to India, the land of his birth, that finally freed him.

India, Miglani writes, is “the capital of chaos”: over a billion people living on one-third the space of the United States. And it was there that he learned to let go. The secret is to stop trying to control the chaos and focus on what you can control—your own actions, words, and thoughts. Move forward, make mistakes, trust your intuition, find your purpose.

In this inspiring book, Miglani shares the experiences and encounters that helped him finally get it. What happens when you find yourself in an Indian village with no money and a plane to catch? How could an educated urban woman agree to a marriage after two dates? What keeps a rural health worker motivated despite the enormous need and such limited ability to help? What does trying to catch an insanely overcrowded bus teach you about perfection? Embracing the chaos, Miglani found, “leads us down paths we never would have walked on...It brings out strengths we never knew existed inside of us.”Foreword
Preface
Introduction: You Control Less than You Think – Get Over It!
Part 1: Accept
Chapter 1: Driving on Indian roads--You cannot control the chaos. You can control you.
Chapter 2: Searching for God at 5,000 feet--Let go of plans gone wrong. Things have a way of working out in the end.
Chapter 3: Two guys holding hands--You are never alone.
Part 2: Don’t over think
Chapter 4: How to choose a spouse in an hour--You can adapt to anything; you just don’t know it yet.
Chapter 5: Celebrating a birthday with nothing but a Bollywood song--The worst is never as bad as you think.
Chapter 6: Missing the dance in an Indian wedding--Worrying about what’s coming next will make you miss the best time of your life.
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