About the book

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a story should be worth a thousand pictures. With this in mind, UNLOCKING THE HERO WITHIN is a treasure trove of life-altering stories, principles, and processes.

In this ground-breaking book, Al Secunda generously offers an inspiring journey into the realms of courage, creativity, and dream realization. Secunda, a master-student of life and the art of performing excellence, offers a vast array of images, tools, and techniques for living a more vibrant, productive, and fulfilling life.

Secunda also introduces us to the skills of: Self-Prodding, Scuba Breathing, “De-Porching,” Self-Modeling, Charm-Bracelet-ing, The Heroic Edge, Self-Monitoring, Short and Long-Spacing, “Kaleidoscope-ing,” Three Circles of Momentum, The Pleasure Priority -- and many more.

In addition, UNLOCKING THE HERO WITHIN presents a more nurturing way of unlocking our fear-based patterns and expanding our limiting belief systems that have been stifling our spontaneity, subduing our passion, and preventing us from growing into ourselves.

Al Secunda is a workshop leader, motivational speaker, personal and business consultant, and has appeared on many national television shows. He has an MBA in Behavioral Science Management from NYU’s Stern School of Business.

Secunda’s highly acclaimed The 15 Second Principle -- Short Simple Steps to Achieving Long-Term Goals (Penguin) has been published in The United Kingdom, India, Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Russia, and Nigeria.

Also, his unique instructional book, Ultimate Tennis (Simon & Schuster), set a high standard in the world of sports books.