After graduating from high school, he moved to the United States and attended the University of Michigan where he received a bachelor's degree in computer engineering.

[5] Mindvalley is an educational technology company co-founded by Vishen Lakhiani and Michael Reining that publishes products focused on personal spiritual development and lifelong learning,[vague] such as the meditation app Omvana.

In late 2020, Mindvalley added a course, hosted by Lakhiani, on the Silva Method for accessing altered states of mind and intuition.

[8] Dealmates was a Malaysian-based e-commerce site that Lakhiani founded on 1 November 2010 with Patrick Grove as part of a joint-venture between Catcha Group and Mindvalley.

In the book, Lakhiani argues that a person's outlook on life is shaped by conditioning and habit, offering ten laws to help readers break free of this mindset.