Authors’ Note
This book stems from a unique partnership, and it wouldn’t have been possible without input from an extraordinary group of individuals.
Steve has been called a “Zen Master in a business suit,” and Dave has the nickname “Dr. Phil to the Fortune 500.” In the 1960s, Steve was getting his education, both in grad school and on the streets of Chicago, around the time that Dave was born.
Somehow, in the course of our very different lives, we both became passionate around the same question: How do people perform beyond their limits?
Steve’s involvement with this question started thirty years ago, when he first met Werner Erhard, the founder of est and originator of transformational ideas and applications. Today, Steve is the CEO of Vanto ...