It is often said, “It is not the destination, but the journey.” I have a contrary perspective. I believe, “It is the destination that motivates and informs the journey.” Even going nowhere is going somewhere. Define your somewhere, and you will determine your journey.

Most personal development books give you a linear plan for success that is too easily derailed by unfamiliar and overwhelming obstacles. This book equips you with an adaptive operating system (OS) that will arm you to become more through those obstacles.

By “unstoppable,” I don’t mean like “a bull in the China shop.” I mean, like a locomotive headed uphill en route to its destination – powered by its fuel and guided by its tracks

This powerful set of achievement behaviors, discovered by engaging thousands of people from different cultures on five continents, comprises a mindset and mechanics system that overcomes any roadblock. I need your help to bring this system to the world.

WHY I’M WRITING THIS BOOK

I’ve heard “I need to think it over” in more than a dozen languages. It’s the universal roadblock that kills conversations, deals, and progress. We’ve all used it, and we’ve all been frustrated by it.

But this isn’t a sales book. It’s a book about the conversations we have with others, with ourselves, and with the world.

I wrote this book because I believe the same framework that equips us to overcome simple conversational roadblocks can equip us to overcome darn near any obstacle we’ll ever encounter.

I’ve seen how the “linear approach” to success—setting a goal, making a plan, and persisting—sets many people up for failure when life inevitably gets messy. It’s insufficient for a world where control is a ruse and life is constantly influenced by outside forces.

I want to offer a new path—one that’s humble and practical, honorable and accessible. I’m a teacher, trainer, and storyteller.

Observing other people’s stories has taught me what I call “The Overcomer’s OS,” and I’ve learned this framework can help anyone achieve clarity, consistency, and confidence to achieve their desired outcomes, by the end of their day or the end of their life.

WHAT THE BOOK OFFERS

This book is for the FUDWACAs among us—the Frustrated, Unhappy, Disappointed, Worried, Anxious, Concerned, or Angry. It’s for anyone who has an outcome in mind but finds themselves stuck, ill-equipped to overcome the obstacles in their path.

The solution is The Overcomer’s OS, a behavioral framework I discovered by observing what enables people to consistently break through roadblocks. This isn’t another linear, “set a goal and power through” plan. Instead, it’s an integrated, flexible, agile, and purposeful system built on two powerful components: Mindset and Mechanics.

The Mindset: The Pull
This is the emotional engine of the entire system. It’s the practice of defining and fully surrendering to your desired outcome. We don’t just “begin with the end in mind”; we act with it in mind as well. We Embrace the Pull of that desired outcome, so it fuels our motivational motor. This Pull—whether it’s for more money, better health, or deeper love—generates the emotional energy needed to do hard things. It’s what gets you out of bed and, more importantly, keeps you out of bed all day long when challenges arise.

The Mechanics: The V6 (The 6 Vital Behaviors)
The mindset is revealed through six integrated and interdependent behaviors. Like the parts of a mousetrap, in its optimal application, the system is irreducibly complex—with each behavior bringing a unique and critical element to the achievement of desired outcomes. They are:

1. Embrace the Pull: Go all in on our desired outcome, owning its pursuit, and fully valuing why it matters.
2. Act with the Pull In Mind: Let constant awareness of your desired outcome fuel your mindset and motivate your actions in every moment.
3. Preempt Prejudgment: Intentionally do something other than operate on assumptions. Interrupt the instinct to “judge a book by its cover” by intentionally exposing the full story.
4. Ask Dangerous Questions: Welcome discomfort as the evidence that your challenging, even sensitive, questions of yourself and others are gathering the less-obvious details and deeper emotion needed to inform real progress.
5. Validate Resistance: Authenticate the boundaries you encounter as real or perceived. Establish the true, rather than alleged, limits in any conversation or situation.
6. Think in Options: Move beyond the binary “fight or flight” response. Explore alternative solutions to ensure you’re always choosing the best next step, not just the most obvious or convenient.

This isn’t theory. It’s a real, actionable system built from thousands of conversations across more than 20 countries and a lifetime of roles—from wildland firefighter to business coach, from marathoner to grandfather. The Overcomer’s OS will equip you to achieve clarity, consistency, and confidence, ensuring you get to your “there” – wherever it is for you.

YOUR TRANSFORMATION: FROM STUCK TO UNSTOPPABLE

Here’s what it looks like to install The Overcomer’s OS in your life. To own each moment with intentional mindset and purposeful mechanics.

WHY YOUR SUPPORT IS SO IMPORTANT

I could try to do this quietly, on my own. But I don’t want to. I want to launch this with you—readers who are tired of being stuck and want to be unstoppable, and who believe in the power of intentional, responsive action.

By supporting this campaign, you’re not just buying a book.  You’re helping fund:

• Professional editing, design, and production
• Audiobook creation
• Marketing that reaches the right readers—the doers and strivers who need these tools
• A platform for ongoing transformation through future resources and community

PERKS AND PACKAGES MENU

Select the Perk and Package that suits you. I have perks for people who just want an eBook, all the way up to enterprise level- for leaders who want implement THE OVERCOMER OS at scale.

MEET PHIL

My 40+ years of public and private sector experience across multiple industries including forest stewardship and land management, education and outreach program development, small business ownership, and executive leadership.

Inspired by a personal motto of “Serve to Succeed”, I am passionate about helping business owners and leaders transform themselves and their companies.

As a Partner at The Alternative Board – Northern Colorado, I bring together business owners who want to work ON their businesses, not just IN them. More importantly, they want to take their business ownership to a new place, a more intentional, balanced, and fulfilling place.

My mission is simple: help entrepreneurs build healthier businesses that create happier lives.

Business owners and leaders often face three critical challenges:

1. Getting stuck in day-to-day operations instead of driving strategic performance.
2. Lacking a trusted and unbiased sounding board and source of business insights to inform their most difficult decisions.
3. Struggling to balance business success with personal fulfillment.

Through peer advisory boards, personalized coaching, and business development consulting, I guide a proven approach to overcome these obstacles. My clients leverage collective wisdom to make better decisions faster, accelerate growth, and achieve greater work-life harmony.

My training and coaching philosophy is built on three pillars:

• LISTENING – Implementing questioning strategies that uncover your true priorities and challenges.
• LEARNING – Discovering insights that equip me to fully understand your operational context.
• LEVERAGING – Shaping personal and organizational direction to pursue opportunities that drive real personal and professional growth.

I live, with my wife of 41 years, Tonya, near Fort Collins, Colorado. We enjoy the outdoors as often as possible, gardening, hiking, and exploring new mountain vistas. Our adult children, a nurse and game warden, their spouses, and our grandchildren, also live in Colorado.”

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Thank You

Thank you for reading. Thank you for believing in this project. Thank you for behaving with support. And, thank you for helping yourself and others lean into the power of getting “unstuck and being unstoppable.” Together, let’s pursue a mindset and mechanics that can help us all become more.