How do we reinvigorate our days when nothing seems to be working? It can be anything, a job that doesn’t inspire, lack of ambition, or even a relationship gone awry. Getting back on the right track is precarious, but the essential element in starting this process is Momentum.

Mark Bravo’s Momentum: 77 Observations Toward a Life Well Lived will help you stay focused and turn this key component for bettering life into a way of life. Through his experiences and those of others, Bravo offers practices to put to use today, like the mind-set to turn adversity into an asset, how to pursue a kinder, gentler treatment of yourself and others, and putting your signature on life, no matter the circumstances. In effect, ceasing to be the victim, and being in control of your own destiny. Bravo’s courageous and poignant insights will inspire you to see the proverbial glass not half-empty, but three-quarters full. It thus becomes your template to filling your years with that most pivotal of traits: Momentum!

MARK BRAVO is a freelance writer, broadcaster and road race announcer nationally. Mark has had a long career in TV and radio, speaking and writing at running and sports-focused venues and on the topic of building MOMENTUM in one’s overall life. Mark has coached individuals, starting fifteen years ago mentoring runners. A forty-year runner, Mark is a veteran of fifty marathons. Now, Mark consults runners and others with a strong lean toward his definition of overall wellness. His view of a true athlete carries far beyond the physical. Mark and his wife, Leslie, live in Edmond, Oklahoma.

Mark’s book is a great testament to the spirit…what tenacity, a positive outlook, and staying the course does for one’s life. It’s a must-read for one who’s serious about being the best they can be.

• BILL RODGERS
  Four-time Boston Marathon, New York City Marathon winner