This is a compelling story of life and death, how a series of events led the author to take charge of his life and begin a journey of intentional personal development. As you read, you will be inspired to take on your own journey of personal development to reach for your highest potential. This book contains two parts relating to the author’s own journey of personal development followed by seven inspirational chapters to get you started on your own journey. Each chapter contains challenges. Your task is to take your journey seriously and take on the challenges throughout. You will learn if you want to improve, you need to be intentional. The challenges are simple but they take effort, therefore, few people will take them on. However, doing hard things makes you stronger, gives you a sense of accomplishment, and raises confidence. Set yourself apart by taking on and completing all challenges, it will be worth all the effort. Whatever the outcome, I can promise you will be a better person after reading this book.