The Tricycle Way: How to Stop Racing through Life and Start Enjoying the Ride

WHAT PRICE ARE YOU WILLING TO PAY FOR SUCCESS? My wife almost left me. My seven-year-old son locked me out in the garage. My three-year-old daughter forgot to include me in her family drawing. My health got so bad, I nearly died. That was when I was racing through life, chasing money and fame.No matter what you do for a living, I’m sure you like success. You think it must feel great to have an expensive car, a huge mansion, a carefree lifestyle. But is this wealth worth sacrificing everything else in life? Running after what you don’t have — and fearing you’ll lose what you do have — shifts focus away from what you need. It’s OK to work hard for money and fame. But should the journey be so painful that the fruits of your labor taste bitter and make your soul sick?Are you looking for a way to end the crazy race and get off the hamster wheel? Or, do you just want to find ways to boost the level of fulfillment, fortune, and fun you’re already enjoying? If yes, this book for you. The Tricycle Way is the soul-baring story of Sanjog Aul's redemption and transformation from a Success Maniac to a Happy Rider. Using examples from his own life and his coaching experiences, he reveals a surprisingly simple step-by-step process for assembling a life of peace, freedom, fortune, and fun. Sanjog claims that if you go The Tricycle Way and start focusing first on daily satisfaction and more smiles, it will lead to broader, greater, sweeter-tasting success. You’ll stop racing through life and start enjoying the ride. Even if you’re not a success maniac, it will help you lead a balanced life with peace, freedom, fortune, and fun only few can imagine.

Born in India-raised by a father who was a fountain of wisdom and the most caring mother-Sanjog had a wonderful childhood. But, just before his college graduation, he lost his father to a heart attack. Overnight, his secure and comfortable life vanished, and the loss forced him to mature. Soon he decided that sheer survival wouldn't be enough and developed a burning need to become big. To accelerate his growth, he immigrated to the United States as a software programmer. Soon, he realized that a regular 9-5 job didn't bring out the best in him. So he started his own business. Initially, growing his business became an obsession and even getting married or having children didn't slow him down. But, before it was too late, he realized his mistakes and transformed from a success maniac to a happy rider going The Tricycle Way. Today, Sanjog is an entrepreneur, coach, strategic consultant, and a professional moderator specializing in enterprise IT. He has independently fashioned himself into a subject matter expert and thought leader for the C-suite audience through the institutions he has built: CIO Talk Network (CTN), the IT consulting firm AVVAL, and Real-IT-y, a community give-back program. CTN is an IT media company with an audience in over 110 countries. It features thought leadership contributed by global enterprise business and IT practitioners, industry analysts, and subject matter experts through podcasts, blogs, and executive events. As the founder and show host of CTN, Sanjog has interviewed over 1,000 C-suite IT executives from global enterprises including the New York Stock Exchange, MasterCard, NASA, the Department of Defense, and the United Nations. To learn more, visit www.CIOTalkNetwork.com. AVVAL, with U.S. clients ranging from venture-backed startups to Fortune 500 firms, helps companies manage their IT workforce through staffing, talent management, and leadership development services. As CEO of AVVAL, Sanjog helps organizations solve their IT talent and leadership issues. As a coach, using The Tricycle Way framework, he grooms IT leaders and professionals to become better individuals and performers. To learn more, visit www.AVVAL.com. Real-IT-y helps mesh classroom learning with practical business insights through workshops using roleplays inspired by real IT scenarios. Sanjog facilitates these workshops with support from local IT leaders as volunteers. Sanjog strives to remain a neutral voice with a trustworthy tone, and his work helps not only to cultivate current leaders but to build future ones. For his accomplishments and contributions, Sanjog was selected as one of the Top 100 under 50 Diverse Executive Leaders for 2013 by Diversity MBA Magazine. Sanjog lives a fulfilling and joyous life in Chicago with his wife and two children. Visit him at www.SanjogAul.com.