Philip Mondragon understood years ago that we would face difficult times in a globalized, overpopulated, electronic world. He loves people deeply and decided to try to help them deal with these emerging realities. The result is this book. In Going Beyond he relates a lifetime of situations and solutions to real problems based on experiences in different countries and cultures. He has been a street laborer, cargo loader, intelligence agent, businessman, banker, educator and successful family builder. He describes these roles and lessons learned from them with clarity and simplicity in a writing style that is unusual and easy to read. Each page of this book deals with a specific life situation presented in precise prose and at times poetically. The result is a set of ideas and guidelines that will help you understand today¿s world and how to manage your life in it. There are no frills in this book. It is clear and to the point. Every word is true. It will reach your heart when you reflect on its message. You will read it more than once.