Leap Forward was written for people who probably feel they never need it. Its purpose is to convince the reader — whoever and wherever they are — that it is possible to rise up, do better and excel. With evidence from real life and the author's own story, it argues that the trap of daily painful existence, in which we blame circumstances and the people around us, can be overcome.
The book's central image is a garden. Left alone, a garden brings out only useless weeds. Ploughed, sown, weeded and cared for, it teems with crops that feed us. Personal destiny, cultivated by personal thought, works the same way. Andrew draws on history, science, business, academia and the lives of scores of people across hundreds of years to demonstrate the human being's stubborn power to get better.
The chapters urge the reader in turn to leap forward and get better, use their God-given inner power, pursue excellence, avoid mediocrity, accept their own uniqueness, dedicate themselves to service, and always take heart — because the world seldom cheers excellence. The final chapter is a series of personal letters to people in different situations in life, among which every reader will find one written for them.
Spiced with easy, witty poems and scores of true stories.