A Few Wise Words: stories of success and inspirational advice from 22 extraordinary individuals

by Peter Mukherjee

What are the real fundamentals behind a life of high achievement? How can you navigate your own journey towards success and fulfilment in life with confidence, purpose, and direction?Join some of the most prominent and inspirational people of our time as they share, in A Few Wise Words, precisely what steps they followed to achieve extraordinary success in their lives.“A wonderful book and very timely. It will help people of all ages” - Clare Balding OBEEnjoy truly insightful wisdom and advice from our collection of internationally respected contributors, from the worlds of Business, Sport, the Arts, and Intellectual Leadership, as they explain in their own words the fundamentals of becoming truly successful in life.Find out from them precisely what you can do, from today, to achieve extraordinary success in your life, too.Who is this book for?You may be at the start of your journey, or you may be looking to turbo-charge your already-established career... You may want to help someone you care about with their journey, or you may be a parent who simply wants to learn how to inspire your children to really flourish... If so, you will find this book jam-packed with valuable, practical, and enormously helpful advice.Compelling, down-to-earth, and beautifully presented, A Few Wise Words makes the perfect travelling companion for any individual who aspires to become truly successful in life...Our special Ben Ainslie / Frank Arnesen / Zak Brown / Ursula Burns / Sir Roger Carr / Sherry Coutu / Pablo Ettinger / Mikhail Fridman / Stephen Fry / Dame Katherine Grainger / Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson / Anya Hindmarch / Declan Kelly / Baroness Martha Lane-Fox / Dame Joanna Lumley / Dame Carolyn McCall / Sir Keith Mills / Vin Murria / Danielle de Niese / Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks / Shriti Vadera / Sir Clive Woodward“What a wonderful book... What a great treasury of wisdom” - The Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown“Wisdom does not only belong to the ages... and runs likes a thread through this book” - The Rt. Hon. Sir John Major KG CH

372 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 17, 2021

About the author

I am of course credited as author for A Few Wise Words but I prefer to refer to myself as editor - the real stars of our three-part book series are our extraordinary contributors:

Sir Ben Ainslie CBE
Frank Arnesen
Zak Brown
Ursula Burns
Sir Roger Carr
Sherry Coutu CBE
Pablo Ettinger
Mikhail Fridman
Stephen Fry
Dame Katherine Grainger DBE
Tanni, Baroness Grey-Thompson, DBE
Anya Hindmarch CBE
Declan Kelly
Martha, Baroness Lane-Fox, CBE
Joanna Lumley OBE
Dame Carolyn McCall DBE
Sir Keith Mills, GBE DL
Vin Murria OBE
Danielle de Niese
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Shriti Vadera
Sir Clive Woodward OBE