If you’re telling yourself this book isn’t for you because you’re locked into circumstances you can’t change, because you didn’t get your life off to a great start, because it’s already too late, or because too many people are depending on you…

I wrote this book for you.

I wrote it for anyone who feels stuck—who wants to break out and try something different but who keeps not doing it. Maybe they think their circumstances are locking them in, maybe they’re just scared, or maybe they think they could summon the courage and get into motion if they just knew where they wanted to go.

I wrote it for people who want something more—people who already have quite a lot but still feel restless and people who’ve never had much but aren’t willing to give up on the idea of having more. Finally, I wrote this book for women—not in an exclusionary, “No boys allowed” way, but because most of the books out there on the personal and career development shelves seem to assume a male reader. They make recommendations that any mother knows are out of reach...

If you need to get kids to the school bus with their breakfasts eaten, backpacks packed, and at least most of their clothes on, matched, and right-side out, devoting the first three hours of your day to a morning routine of meditation, exercise, deep work, juicing, and day-planning might be fantastic. But so would a million dollars and a magic wand.