I have been a student of the Bhagavad Gita for decades and have engaged with its insights as a psychiatrist, neuroscientist, teacher, and student of the human condition. This has convinced me that the Gita is a profound manual for living and acting well in the midst of complexity. ….The Four Mindsets Revolution by Madhukar Reddy is a compelling and original contemporary articulation of this ancient wisdom.
This book speaks to a modern reader caught between competing demands of achievement and meaning, ambition and balance, individuality and responsibility, much like Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra… the psychological dilemma remains strikingly similar: How do we act fully in the world without losing ourselves to fear, desire, or exhaustion? This Four Mindsets framework offers a practical answer.
Defender, Negotiator, Giver, and Yogi each correspond to deeply conserved human capacities independently recognized by modern neuroscience, psychology, and ancient Indian thought. What makes this framework particularly powerful is not merely its descriptive clarity, but its integration through Karma Yoga as a living practice.
If Krishna were to counsel Arjuna today, his teaching is likely to look less like a sermon, and more like the message in this book: practical, integrative, and gently reminding us that peace and contentment are not somewhere else. They come to us when we learn to do the best thing, do it well, and then just let go of clinging to the outcomes .
Matcheri S. Keshavan, MD
Stanley R. Cobb Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
The Four Mindsets Revolution is a clear, practical, and evidence‑based guide to training mindsets. Reddy integrates yogic philosophy with contemporary neuroscience and psychology to show readers how to identify psychological barriers and leverage neuroplasticity, turning sound science into everyday practice.
Reading The Four Mindsets Revolution didn’t just build on my understanding from mindset studies, it reminded me of the impact my mindsets can have in the messy reality of daily life, and that small, intentional shifts can drive meaningful change over time. And, they’re worth the effort.
For readers who like organized thinking and modest, testable steps: if you’re grounded in yoga and want actionable evidence, you’ll find it here; if you’re familiar with the science and want roots in a coherent tradition, you’ll find that too. Built for use in context, the book meets you in the moments that matter.
Kathleen A Garrison, PhD (Neuroscience)
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
In The Four Mindsets Revolution, Reddy breaks open aged boundaries between disciplines, coordinating yogic philosophy, modern psychology, and bench-tested neuroscience.
… The genius of Reddy’s book is his transformed, modernized interpretation of Karma Yoga, bringing ancient insights within view of a 21st century reader…. When we reach the last page, we sense a deep understanding of traditional Bharatiya philosophy in a frame of mind and language of today.
Rodney J. Parrott, PhD (Indian Philosophy)
Author of Nothing and Nothingness: Toward an Apophatic Science
This book brings together East and West, philosophy and spirituality, neuroscience and psychology, to give us a comprehensible, science-backed manual for life. If you’re looking for a strong, stable, practical basis from which to live a deeply fulfilled, optimal life of joy, peace and bliss, this is the book for you.
Furthermore, this book shows us why we’re facing the serious challenges that we are as a species and how we can evolve individually and as a collective right now, in order to fulfil the potential of our innate neurobiology, overcome them for the benefit of all, and thrive in a new era of harmony and plenty for all. Sound impossible? The miracle is within you and the tools are simple.
With the Defender mindset running amok in our world causing war, environmental destruction, exploitation and injustice of the most extreme and distressing kind, we are facing extinction, and we’re taking many other species with us. Madhukar Reddy’s clarion call, with the meticulously-researched scientific chops to back it up, and the practical, accessible (and free) tools he puts into our hands, must be heard.
Knowledge is power, wisdom is transformational, and this book is crammed with both. This practically-applicable strategy to transform humanity is gold dust, and it starts with each one of us—so get your copy today and be part of a hopeful new future.
Kelly McKain
Best-Selling Author | Founder at Soulsparks
UK
The Four Mindsets Revolution took me on an incredible journey into self-awareness and how the universe works for us. This book will be an invaluable tool for anyone looking to discover how to clear the path for success, personally and in their world, by turning inward and learning why the obstacles we face appear for us, how to work through them, and what clarity looks like from a higher level of awareness.
I highly recommend reading The Four Mindsets Revolution as it is a real eye-opener seen from both Western and Eastern points of view, meshing both philosophies into a seamless understanding of the mind, its defenses, and its power.
— Elizabeth C. (US)
Madhukar is a great thought leader! It was a pleasure and privilege to edit his book. I rarely see new ideas nowadays but his book was fresh, unique, and ground-breaking. His book is going to make waves!
— Rahul B. (India)