Chris Hadfield, an accomplished astronaut has spent nearly 4000 hours in space. This book is a memoir of his life story and the lessons we can learn from his adventures. He puts together the relevant experiences and thoughts pointing to his interesting and unusual life. He addresses his life's dark sides about the power of negative thinking and how it helped him neutralize his own fear. There are chapters about the space shuttle tragedy and the readiness of every astronaut to face death prior to going into space. He mentions that his own extraordinary education in space has taught him some counter intuitive lessons. It is a compelling book having Hadfield's love, wisdom and charm poured into all over. The book serves as an effective motivational guide for life and how to better live it.