Introduction
1. Allison Stewart, “John Tesh: ‘Anything Can Happen,’” Chicago Tribune, December 6, 2012, https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-xpm-2012–12–06-ct-ott-1207-john-tesh-20121206-story.html.
Chapter 1: Mentors in Persistence
1. Pat Conroy, The Great Santini (New York: Bantam Books, 1976).
2. Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph (New York: Penguin, 2014), 68.
Chapter 2: Deadly Paradigm
1. Stephen Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2013), 39.
Chapter 3: True Grit
1. Steve Kroft, “Will Smith: My Work Ethic Is ‘Sickening,’” 60 Minutes, November 30, 2007, transcript, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/will-smith-my-work-ethic-is-sickening/.
2. Angela Lee Duckworth, “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance,” TED Talks, April 2013, https://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_grit_the_power_of_passion_and_perseverance/.
3. Scott Davis, “Former NBA Coach Byron Scott Reveals the First Moment He Knew an 18-Year-Old Kobe Bryant Was Going to Take Over the League,” Business Insider, December 18, 2017, https://www.businessinsider.com/byron-scott-kobe-bryant-take-over-nba-2017-4.
4. Tim S. Grover, Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable (New York: Scribner, 2013), 43–44.
Chapter 5: Buried Alive
1. Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique, 50th anniv. ed. (New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2013), 62.
Chapter 6: Walk On
1. Robert Greene, Mastery (New York: Penguin Books, 2012), 203.
Chapter 7: Burn the Ships!
1. Daniel Coyle, The Talent Code: Greatness Isn’t Born. It’s Grown. Here’s How. (New York: Bantam, 2009), 97.
2. Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (Ontario: Random House Canada, 2018), 63.
3. Rebecca Leung, “Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm,” 60 Minutes, January 19, 2004, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/larry-david-curb-your-enthusiasm-19-01-2004/.
Chapter 9: Dream and Become
1. James Allen, As a Man Thinketh (n.p., Chump Change, 2017), 21.
Chapter 10: Be Found Ready
1. Greene, Mastery, 67–68.
2. FOX was still more than a decade away from existing.
3. Benjamin P. Hardy, Slipstream Time Hacking: How to Cheat Time, Live More, and Enhance Happiness (n.p.: Benjamin Hardy, 2015), 35, emphasis original.
Chapter 12: Homeless Once More
1. Jimmy Breslin, “The Horror of ‘Sam,’” LA Times, July 1, 1999, https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jul-01-ca-51797-story.html.
2. Jonathan Mahler, The Bronx Is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City (New York: Picador, 2005), 6.
3. “Homelessness Is a Shared Experience in New York City,” The Bowery Mission, https://www.bowery.org/homelessness/.
Chapter 14: My Worst Nightmare
1. Charles Q. Choi, “Why Time Seems to Slow Down in Emergencies,” Live Science, December 11, 2007, https://www.livescience.com/2117-time-slow-emergencies.html/.
Chapter 21: Newtonian Physics
1. “Balanced and Unbalanced Forces,” Physics Classroom, https://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/newtlaws/u2l1d.cfm#balanced.
Chapter 25: Obstacles
1. Holiday, Obstacle Is the Way, 9 (see chap. 1, n. 2).
2. Staff, “The Teshing of America,” Newsweek, April 2, 1995, https://www.newsweek.com/teshing-america-181686.
Chapter 27: Intelligence for Your Life
1. Austin Kleon, Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered (New York: Workman Publishing, 2014), 132.
2. Steven Pressfield, Do the Work: Overcome Resistance and Get Out of Your Own Way (North Egremont, MA: Black Irish Entertainment, 2011), 12.
3. “The Internet News Goes Ordinary,” Pew Research Center, January 14, 1999, https://www.people-press.org/1999/01/14/the-internet-news-audience-goes-ordinary/.
Chapter 28: Mark 11:23
1. Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning: The Classic Tribute to Hope from the Holocaust (1959; repr., Boston: Beacon Press, 2006), 44.
Chapter 29: Get Uncomfortable
1. Tennessee Williams, Camino Real (New York: New Directions, 2008), xii.
2. Tatiana Morales, “Don’t Forget Tsunami Victims,” CBS News, July 22, 2005, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dont-forget-tsunami-victims/.
3. Francis Chan, Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit (Colorado Springs: David C Cook, 2009), 50.
4. Lester Sumrall, The Gifts and Ministries of the Holy Spirit (New Kensington, PA: Whitaker House, 2005), 22.
Chapter 31: The Crack Den
1. Lin-Manuel Miranda, interview by Charlie Rose, 60 Minutes Presents: A Front Row Seat, February 5, 2017, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-presents-a-front-row-seat/.