Summary: A business fable derived from Sharma’s personal experiences after leaving his career as a trial lawyer at the age of 53.
The main character is Julian Mantle, a super lawyer whose stressful unbalanced and money-obsessed life ends up giving him a heart attack. At that point, Julian decides to turn his life around and tries from that moment to discover the secrets of happiness and begins a miraculous journey through the Himalayas to meet an ancient culture of wise men.
There he learns new methods that lead him to find peace and mental strength, and once he has learned these techniques, he sets out to teach them to others, starting with his great friend and colleague John.