Most of the time, we live our lives half-asleep, unaware of ourselves and only partially conscious of everything around us. Our actions everyday seem automatic, almost robotic in their routine, constantly reliving our past and yearning for some fantasy or excitement in the future.As a young man, the hero of this book dreamed about changing the world. Instead, 20 years later, he found himself married with two kids, toiling as a door-to-door salesman,...