The genesis of Your Personal Power Pyramid is a letter that was written to our son, Jordan, as he commenced from middle school to high school, and the initial transcript was penned to provide Jordan and his two cousins a simple five-component tool to remind them daily what they must do to be successful. The four cornerstones and capstone of the pyramid provide visual reference points for the five operative principles--action, attitude, awareness, alliances, and affirmation. The reader is also able to remember these principles on one hand with five digits.

The pyramid and its five components provide the reader, as well, with a simple commitment device to focus on daily choices in his or her own journey along the paths of life.

In short, the book challenges you to decide each day whether you will fill that day with pain or gain. The book encourages you to take control of your life and not get what you get by a default mode in permitting the world to give you results and consequences that are likely not in your best interests. At the same time, the book cautions that you are not the center of the universe and that you likely did not secure success on your own. Spirit may have been the critical factor. As a result, humble people on balance are the most successful in the long run.

To begin is to be half done. Let us dare to be wise and begin.