Travel and Personal Growth: A A Sekhon of Assumptions On Why & How Traveling Can Help Us Become Be

Authority Magazine: Travel and Personal Growth: A. A. Sekhon of Assumptions On Why & How Traveling Can Help Us Become Better Human Beings -- Listen Share The closed-minded and self-centered will rarely be happy anywhere. This is doubly true when they travel. The closed-minded and self-centered will rarely be happy anywhere. This is doubly true when they travel. Thankfully, the world is open for travel once again. Traveling can broaden our horizons and make space for people to become more open-minded. How can travel give us the opportunity for personal growth?

What are some ways that travel can help us become better human beings? As a part of our series about “How Traveling Can Help Us Become Better Human Beings”, I had the pleasure of interviewing A. A. Sekhon. A. A. Sekhon is a scholar of history and human nature, fueled almost entirely by historical facts and caffeine. Sekhon strives to bring the past to life with both compassion and unflinching realism, whether in works of fiction or teaching at university. A. A. Sekhon is the author of the Passing Normal series: Assumptions, its forthcoming sequels, and its eventual prequel.

https://assumptionsbook.wordpress.com/ Thank you so much for joining us in this interview series! Before we dive into the main focus of our interview, our readers would love to “get to know you” a bit better. Can you tell us a bit about your childhood backstory? I have enjoyed reading from as early as I can remember. My mother used to take me to the library every week when I was a small child, where I could pick out ten books.

We would read all of them before we left the library, then again when we got home, then several times more during the week, then once more before we had to turn them back in to the library, only to repeat the process over again with different books. I have always been a voracious reader. What or who inspired you to pursue your career? We’d love to hear the story. My career as a writer came about due to being derailed unexpectedly from pursuing the career I had originally set my sights on.

I had planned to work for the United Nations, and had just completed my Master of Arts in Diplomacy, when my fibromyalgia worsened to the point I could not even leave my own bed unassisted. Needless to say, a career at the U. N. was out of the question. I have always been an avid reader, and I read to keep my mind occupied while I was bedridden. As time went by, medicines that could help partially mitigate my fibromyalgia were invented, and I was able to hold down a part-time job teaching History and Political Science at a local university.

Once I was in relatively better health, I was able to return to a story I had written before my fibromyalgia had gotten so bad. It had been ten years, so I was able to edit it with fresh eyes. That story became Assumptions, my first novel. None of us can achieve success without some help along the way. Was there a particular person who you feel gave you the most help or encouragement to be who you are today? Can you share a story about that? My mother took care of me when I was bedridden. She was my advocate in navigating the medical system when I was unable to advocate for myself. Without her, I don’t know what would have become of me.

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The article discusses the connection between travel and personal growth, which is relevant for the travel industry, but the concepts are not entirely new or groundbreaking in the context of brand strategy.