Book excerpt: People are creatures of habit and, as such, they like to act in the same way. No matter how much they wish for any kind of change to happen, they keep on the same path, not swerving from the vicious cycle of their mistakes. Then, how can people be sure to achieve new, happy results? The answer is simple: by changing approach. With this in mind, The Gateway To Personal Transformation, through a direct and engaging prose, aims to provide guiding principles that people can adopt in their everyday lives to become the best versions of themselves. Chidozie Charles Nnaji is a pastor, a counsellor and a professor of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering at the University of Nigeria. He obtained his first degree in Department of Civil Engineering and his M.Eng and Ph.D in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering from the University of Nigeria in 2007 and 2011 respectively. He is also the current Editor-in-Chief of the prestigious Nigerian Journal of Technology. The Gateway to Personal Transformation is his first non-scholarly publication which was completed within fifteen days. Prior to this book, he published approximately eighty journal articles and penned numerous inspirational quotes, which are also slated for publication. He is married to Nnenna Favour Nnaji, and they have four kids.