A candid and quietly powerful exploration of growth…
Authors Garnet Morris and Olivia Chadwick invite readers into a rhythm of discipline, reflection, and transformation in their compelling work. From the outset, Morris makes it clear he’s not offering shortcuts or hype. “You can’t think your way into discipline,” he writes. “You’ve got to act your way there.” It’s a voice shaped by wear and mileage, not slogans. His reflections, marked by failure, fatigue, and persistence, make clear that change is slow and often invisible. “You keep showing up like it’s going to change something,” someone once said to him. “And it does,” he answered. “Not fast. But it does.” Chadwick’s interjections widen the book’s reach. Where Morris reflects from the trenches, Chadwick offers structure and insight from above, helping readers translate his experiences into their own lives. When Morris talks about fear, how it shows up and how it stalls progress, Chadwick echoes with strategies for reframing it. If his sections are a marathon, hers are the breathing stations along the way. Together, their voices create a kind of harmony: action and analysis, body and mind.
Framed through seventeen metaphorical (and literal) runs, the book works both as a typical motivational read and an extended meditation on effort and endurance. Each chapter, or “run,” unfolds like a training loop: a return to something essential, slightly deeper with each pass. The prose is clean, almost minimalist. It allows the reader room to move. There’s little indulgence here—no elaborate metaphorical detours or TED Talk-style crescendos. Even the affirmations feel earned rather than staged. While some repetition of themes like grit and accountability might test readers looking for novelty, it serves a purpose. Like a good training loop, it reinforces rather than repeats. In the end, the book isn’t about running at all. It’s about what happens when you refuse to stop.
A lean, heartfelt guide to choosing effort over ease, intention over inertia, and movement, however small, over standing still.
Publisher: Legacy Launch Pad Publishing
Pub Date: June 3, 2025
Genre: Self-Help/Personal Growth
Price: $19.99 trade paper
Trim: 5.5X8.5
Page Count: 178
ISBN: 978-1-964377-40-7
