The Values Compass

Mandeep Rai

--THE SUNDAY TIMES BUSINESS BESTSELLER--

--Selected for the Thinkers50 Radar list--

--HIGHLY COMMENDED at the Business Book Awards 2021--


The Values Compass takes us into the hearts minds and traditions of the cultures and people of the world. It demonstrates how interconnected we are and how the divisions that exist between us stem from narrow self-interest rather than concern for the good of our human family. I hope that the book will contribute to making our world a happier place.'
The Dalai Lama

'The Values Compass is a fresh engaging and eye-opening guide to understanding ourselves and others in the most profound and practical ways.'
Deepak Chopra


Every day whether we acknowledge it or not we make decisions based on what we believe in. The choices challenges or opportunities facing us - and how we engage with them - in politics family relationships work and play reveal something important about our character desires and personality to ourselves and to others. When those values align and are shared by a single population they have the power to transform a nation and teach the world valuable lessons about success.

In The Values Compass Mandeep Rai explores this concept by taking 101 distinct countries and identifying a single key value in each that is represented throughout its history geography and culture in the hope that we may find a way to incorporate those values into our own lives. From India's 'faith' to Vietnam's 'resilience' Argentina's 'passion' to Singapore's 'order' Australia's 'mateship' to Uganda's 'heritage' and from Malta's 'community' to Sri Lanka's 'joy' we may all find something of ourselves in others and succeed together as a result.

This is an insightful and readable collection of profiles that open our eyes to the world around us and in turn help us reflect on which values matter last and have the power to create change.

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