NGO worker, traveler, and philosophical consultant, Shiro is a man of many hats. At thirty he left the high-tech industry and cruised the world for a year, travelling to over one hundred different countries. At present he speaks ten languages, including English, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Burmese, and Arabic. His previous books include Ten Lifelong Gifts to Give Yourself, Why the Average Penguin has More Personality than You, and Savage Growth, which is his latest work and the 53rd book published.