Jake Steinfeld Summary and Analysis

Jake Steinfeld, personal trainer and fitness entrepreneur, failed to make the basketball team in eighth grade and became determined to make it the following year. A game during his ninth grade year changed Jake forever when he won the game with a foul shot. Jake continued to play basketball through high school. Jake began lifting weights in high school and in college made the decision to be a body builder. Several years later, a girl asked Jake to help her prepare for a commercial she was about to do. Jake helped her work out and from word of mouth gained more interested customers, thus beginning his career as a personal trainer.

Jake Steinfeld used sports to help him learn confidence, touching on a theme of the book, as well as a starting point for a lifelong career. Jake wanted...