Best Kept Secrets: From Invisible Walk-Ons to Life Champions
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Best Kept Secrets was written by an athlete for athletes and those with an athletic or personal development mindset. At the macro level, this book is for people who have felt or feel marginalized and/or ostracized because they aren’t the superstar in their respective space. At the micro and more personal level, Best Kept Secrets is a book by a walk-on, for walk-ons, about walk-ons, and the power that we possess to move from feelings of invisibility to life champions.
While the context of Best Kept Secrets highlights the sports journey, it is not only about sports. It is also about life. The life game we play is not for the weak. It is for the battle tested. It is for the courageous. It is for those who understand their why.
Transitioning from best kept secret to life champion is about more than throwing a ball through a hoop, lifting weights, running a ball into an end zone, kicking a ball into or hitting a ball over a net. The transition is about the journey from caterpillar to butterfly. In order to become a life champion, significant effort is required. Craftsmanship and personal mastery are foundational. The mandates to become artisans of our own fortunes, the best of the best, examples of human potential, and love personified are calls to action. Fear and love cannot live in the same place. To transition from best kept secret to life champion, a willingness to carry on despite the odds stacked against you is imperative.
Best Kept Secrets is an outpouring of love. This is a manifesto for my forgotten tribe members. This is a clarion call for athletes and non-athletes who aspire to summit their chosen mountains.
Charles Thomas Jr.
Dr. Charles Thomas Jr. is the son of Mrs. Doris and Mr. Charles Thomas Sr. He is a member of the prestigious walk-on and Spartan trifecta tribes. Charles is the author of three additional works: Scars, Exile, and Vindication: My Life As An Experiment, the best-selling work Breakthrough: Stories of Resilience, Tragedy, and Triumph, and Leading Through Difficulty: The Darker Side of Workplace Behavior. He is from Flint, MI and lives in Northern Virginia with his wife and children. For more information, please visit charlesthomasjr.com.
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