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Today, the art of celebrity doesn't look like it used to. Now, it's all about betting on yourself and expanding your personal brand—sometimes even beyond your comfort zone. Few understand the art of rebounding your life better than Williams, now an author, entrepreneur and ESPN host. Each week, he'll go deep with heavy-hitters from the worlds of sports, entertainment, and pop culture to understand the principles of faith, vision, and grit they live by in order to see past doubt and build their empires. From rappers-to-moguls, to talk show hosts-turned-CEOs, you'll learn the ways that ...

If you’re like most of us, you wish the day had at least 48 hours. Mastery of time isn’t our forte, and this is our primary downfall. We simply don’t know how to shut irrelevant stuff off and focus only on what matters. Did you know that during a day, you get interrupted an average of 60 times, even if you’re trying hard to stay committed to the task? Once disrupted, the human brain needs an average of 25 minutes to regain full focus.

Do you know what makes the world’s greatest athletes incredible, medal-winning, record-breaking machines? No, it’s not their inner propensity and natural genius in the respective field. The secret hides in something quite a lot more mundane and much less sexy than talent. When was the last time you made a conscious change that, although hard to complete, was eventually quite rewarding?

There could be over a billion adults worldwide who are alone. If you're one, we hope you're enjoying it as much as we are. If not, this book could show you why you may be a lot better off alone, at least temporarily, than you realize. We spend a lot of time alone. You're likely alone showering, writing, working around the home, napping, driving, maybe when sleeping at night, etc. Usually, we enjoy being alone, but trauma can break that tranquility.