Through the Firewall

<p>Boyd Clewis has defied the odds <i>and</i> gravity. He was born dead changed schools and homes as a child more times than he can count became a teenage father <i>and</i> a track star had more than one close brush with the law and endured unimaginable family tragedy - all by the time he was barely old enough to drink. <br><br> He found a brief silver lining in the darkness. When it didn't last he found himself unable to even get a job in the produce section at Wal Mart. He refused to fail and in the process learned how to turn crisis into opportunity - over and over again. As he relentlessly pursued success his trajectory shot straight upwards: international success speaking on major stages - and love. Even then there were days he couldn't get out of bed. <br><br> Yet again he reinvented himself failed and learned from it. Then from a place most would consider their peak he started from scratch to build his own business from the ground up. In the process he learned what it truly meant to manage success. It can fulfill or destroy you and it can bring your family closer or tear it apart. It can isolate you from your community or raise everyone around you up. <br><br> He not only changed his name but formed an alter ego and chose to live by a code: The Authority Mindset. Ever since he's been teaching it to others and transforming lives in process. It's about truly bringing value instead of chasing certifications - and taking stock of what's happened to you and deliberately reshaping it into something that gives you power. <br><br> This book is about how to expertly play the hand you're dealt regardless of how good or bad it is. It's also about what happens when you try to ignore your calling and how everything changes when you finally find the courage to follow it. And from every angle it's a testament to refusing to be defined by circumstance. <br><br> For better or worse what you focus on determines your character and the trajectory of your life. Focus on any one thing to the exclusion of others and everything you built can fall apart. There are two sides to every coin and every seeming misfortune contains a lesson. There's an alchemy to turning adversity to wisdom and curses into blessings and this is the story of how it worked for Boyd and how it can work for you.</p>