“So...What do you do?” It’s a question we’ve all answered, not too well. Don’t you wish you had a better answer than your job? Join Kai’s life-changing journey in this modern fable by entrepreneur, stand-up comedian, and TED Speaker Lux Narayan. Soul-searching at that all-too-familiar crossroads in life and career, Kai learns to outgrow an impending sense of personal crisis when a series of eye-opening encounters reveal the building blocks of a fuller life . Interestingly, they are all rooted in a game from Kai’s childhood: Name, Place, Animal, Thing. This practical and immediately usable wisdom for a life lived beautifully comes together into a one page visual: a do-it-yourself blueprint for reigniting a life of curiosity, humility, and empathy. Finally, everything manifests magically in a picture that’s certainly worth more than a thousand words. ✓ Try it now. What is your Name, Place, Animal, Thing ? ♥ Fans of the "life-lessons in a fable" format or books like The Alchemist , The Monk who sold his Ferrari , Who moved my cheese , and The Go-Giver will especially enjoy Name, Place, Animal, Thing, and its immediately usable frameworks for living a more purposeful life”.. "The writing is like smooth butter gliding across a hot piece of toast -it flows so naturally and it's a real joy to read. I loved the hand drawn style drawings - very nice touch. I can see NPAT as a movie." -- Gwyn Wansbrough "I know we are all ready to get out of captivity and this is such a great framework for organizing a personal go-to-life. So thought-provoking that I plan to read again" -- Brian Condon "Midlife opportunity is what many of us are incredibly lucky to have; the luxury of choosing how we want to fill the rest of our glass of life. NPAT provides a delightful map in this endeavor" -- Manish Agarwal Lakshmanan, aka Lux Narayan, is a student of storytelling. He loves the seas, skies, and mountains and is a scuba diver, pilot, and an avid hiker. His adult sons share his love for adventure. His wife and best friend, Tina, and their dog, a rescue from Hurricane Maria, partake in all ground level adventures. Lux's talk at TED's Main Stage on "Lessons from two-thousand obituaries" was viewed millions of times, featured on the TED homepage, and NPR's TED radio hour with Guy Raz. He is a student of improv and stand-up comedy and has performed at the Comedy Cellar in New York. A serial entrepreneur, he founded Unmetric, a social media analytics company that was acquired in 2019. Lux advises a few startups and nonprofits, is an independent board member at a public FinTech company, and in 2021, co-founded WordsWorth.ai He is forever learning to type with all his fingers. This is his first book. Lux divides his time between Basking Ridge, New Jersey, and Chennai and Shillong in India. Stay connected with him and his (mis)adventures at LuxNarayan.com and NPAT.life