Fifth edition, revised and expanded for 2026. This book has taught a short list of essentials since 2004. The new edition states the test each one had to pass, which is a large effect, on outcomes that matter, from something you control, and applies it without exception. Two of the six failed, including the category the author’s own company sells. What remains is five: nutrition, movement, sleep, recovery and connection. Every substantive claim is cited; 392 pages, hardcover and Kindle.
Remarks at a Greater Los Angeles Area Council event, filmed by the Council: leadership, stewardship, and performance from the stage.
What it actually takes to launch a consumer brand in a crowded category, from formulation and clean-label sourcing to winning shelf space at national retail.
Up to 60 minutes, Q&A included · $12,500
One fee whether the slot is twenty minutes or sixty. Three signature talks: The Test Each One Had to Pass, Six Hours a Night, and The Fuel Gauge Is Not Fuel. The room leaves with the four-part test, the five essentials, and a first action small enough to start on Monday. Keynote plus a same-day working session, $16,000.
60–90 minutes · $6,500
A breakout that turns the argument into a personal scorecard: Sleep and Recovery, the two essentials nobody schedules, or Nutrition and Movement, the two that carry most of the result. Live coaching, one five-minute tool done in the room, one dated commitment.
Half-day executive workshop, up to 30 · $15,000
Pre-work two weeks out. Each participant scores a personal inventory against the five essentials, redesigns a real week, and leaves with a ninety-day plan dated in ink, a bad-week rule and a named witness. Built for offsites, leadership cohorts and boards.
Full-day masterclass, up to 40 · $24,000
08:30 to 16:15. Four modules across the five essentials, the full program individually dated, the organizational version for the buyer, and a signed copy of the book on every seat. Includes a virtual check-in with the cohort at day 30.
Three live virtual sessions · $7,500
The book’s argument is that ninety days is where change happens, not the day of the event. Sessions at days 14, 45 and 90: scorecards re-run, plateaus troubleshot, accountability pairs kept honest. An add-on to either program.
Virtual keynote, $6,500 · Peer-network rate, $5,000
Any of the three talks, live, for remote audiences. A keynote or working session at the peer-network rate for YPO, EO, TIGER 21, Vistage and similar forums. Every fee includes a planning call, customization, the slides and worksheets, a one-page summary for attendees, and recording rights for internal use. Nothing is sold from the stage.