CONTENTS

Foreword

Author’s Note

SECTION 1: THE 20,000-DAY MIND-SET

1. 20,000 Days and Counting

2. 5/5/55

3. The Little-Known Story of William Borden

4. Living Each Day As If It Were Your Last

5. If We Can Learn How to Die, We’ll Know How to Live

6. The State of Intensity

7. Eat Dessert First

SECTION 2: BEATING THE CLOCK

8. Motivation Is a Myth

9. You Only Have Two Choices

10. The Real Challenge

11. Focusing Your Morning Vision

12. Doing What You Know

13. How to Conquer Rejection Forever

14. Ripples

SECTION 3: TODAY IS DAY ONE

15. Three Steps to Catapult Your Life

16. Seven Questions to Seize the Essence of Today

17. Ten Things You Can Do Now

18. One Final Note: My Desire for YOU

One Final Life Quote . . .

Notes

Acknowledgments