Change Agent

A groundbreaking approach to making lasting change in your life, drawing on the principle of ultra-endurance, from boundary-pushing athlete, bestselling author, podcast host, and “guru of reinvention” (Outside) Rich Roll “From this moment forward for the remainder of your life, each and every single one of your actions or inactions, from the microscopic to the dramatic, will either move you toward growth or away from it—changing you just as inevitably as you change the world that surrounds you.” For Rich Roll, change is a way of life. As a young man, he transformed himself into an elite athlete able to stretch his body to new limits through grueling training. At thirty-one, he entered recovery for his debilitating addiction to alcohol. On the eve of his fortieth birthday, a bout of severe chest pain inspired him to beat his new addiction—workaholism—and live more healthfully, adopting a vegan diet and becoming a world class endurance athlete. And today, on the verge of sixty, spinal fusion surgery has forced him to find new purpose in this act of his life, far from the world of ultramarathons that once defined him. In each of these moments, change didn’t happen overnight. Through grit, struggle, relapse, and perseverance, Roll learned the pivotal and life-changing practice of willingness. He became a provocateur of growth, a catalyst of positive and consequential transformation in others. He became a change agent. Now, he spreads the word to others. Change Agent is not a one-month plan for progress that disappears as quickly as it’s achieved. What Roll, the ultimate ultraendurance athlete, offers instead is an ultraendurance approach to change. Focused on three stages--Doing, Undoing, and Being--his book broadens awareness, expands one’s sense of possibility, and incites action. In doing so, it helps us all build our self-worth and resilience, and, finally, unleash the change agent that lies within.