For many years, Alasdair Thompson worked at the pinnacle of many renowned organisations—he was a three-term mayor of the Thames-Coromandel District, a director of Power New Zealand, commissioner of the Waikato Area Health Board and chief executive officer of New Zealand’s Employers and Manufacturers Association. In 2011, his life took an unexpected turn when he made a controversial comment in a radio interview. The cost was devastating— he lost his position as CEO, fell from public grace and gained worldwide notoriety. It was a thoroughly humiliating experience. In Life Changing: Learning from the past; fixing the future, Thompson talks about how he found the strength to turn his life around after the storm in 2011. His account is an inspiring true story of faith and redemption and a look at how grief can turn to joy when one chooses the right path. The book takes readers beyond the furore and controversy and reveals Thompson as a man with his own set of influencers, struggles, successes and failures. More importantly, it shows his transformation from someone who was successful yet unhappy to a man who sought God, learned to embrace what is truly important and found joy in everyday life. Honest and deeply moving, Life Changing is an autobiography strewn with valuable lessons on life, family and faith. Thompson’s struggles and eventual triumph shines as a beautiful story of finding hope and joy in the most unexpected places and times.