Rizwan Virk

And I wrote two books in nine months during that time while I was recovering.

One is an academic book about startups for Columbia Business School.

And one was the first edition of this book.

The second edition just came out.

But by thinking of that as a different kind of challenge, it was almost like the difficulty level was increased and it got me on one of these different choose your own adventure paths.

Maybe not if I had to consciously choose, I would not choose that as a way to go, you know, probably not.

But we can think of ourselves that way.

And then finally, there's what I call the life review.

Now, as a skeptic, you may or may not believe this idea, but it's interesting using a virtual reality metaphor.

It actually becomes understandable and it can help us in how we go through the game.

So I don't think we're in Grand Theft Auto.

Some people may think that's the game we're in.

But you can evaluate a game based upon how you're measured afterwards.

And what people who've had near-death experiences report, I mean, they report many things in common over many decades now, thousands and thousands of reports.

They're floating above their body.

They see a light.

There's a being of light.

But one of the things that they report really caught my attention.

And it's called a life review.

And there was this guy named Daniel Brinkley.