About the Author

Vijay Eswaran is the co-founder, MD and CEO of the QI Group , a multi-million dollar multinational company, operating diverse business lines ranging from e-commerce, direct marketing, finance and media, and most recently publishing, in nearly 180 countries. The company has its foundations on the tenet ‘Raise Yourself to Help Mankind’ (RYTHM), a term conceptualised by him.

Mr Eswaran brings with him a unique blend of expertise, dynamism and passion, in his capacity as the visionary and global leader of this diverse business.

Mr Eswaran is a firm believer in the power of an individual, and of empowering one with the ability to constantly push the limit towards greater performance. There are no boundaries to success, he says, and extends this philosophy to all his endeavours. This philosophy inspired Mr. Eswaran's first book, In the Sphere of Silence published by RYTHM House. The book focuses on the practice and the philosophy behind the Sphere of Silence, a one-hour reflection, which is the secret behind his enduring success.

Together with his innovative and dedicated team, Mr Eswaran strives to make the QI Group a strong and unwavering presence in the global arena and a benchmark brand of the 21^st century.

Mr Eswaran has been greatly influenced by the life and work of many thinkers and leaders, especially Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela, Winston Churchill and he has a completely international outlook.

He lives in Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Sydney and London with his wife Umayal.

The Vijayaratnam Legacy

Be always…strong enough to face the world everyday but…Be weak enough to know you cannot do everything.

Be generous enough to those who need your help but…Be frugal enough with what you need yourself.

Be smart enough to know that you may not know everything but…Be trusting enough to know that you need not know everything.

Be wise enough to know that you cannot know everything but…Be foolish enough to believe that miracles do happen.

Be willing enough to share your joys with one and all but…Be willing just as much to receive the sorrows of every other.

Be willing enough to be the first to congratulate an opponent who succeeds but…Be unwilling enough to be the last to criticize another who fails.

Be sure of returning love and care when you find it but…Be especially sure to love even more to those who do not love you for they will change, slowly…even as you will.

Above all be the best you can be. For this is the purpose of your being…For it is His Will.

(Mr and Mrs Vijayaratnam are Mr Vijay Eswaran's parents and his first gurus. Their love, passion and wisdom laid the foundation for Mr Eswaran's curiosity and quest for knowledge. And it is their legacy which invoked in him a care for mankind.)