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SDB Author Event

  • 120 E. Broadway, Mount Pleasant, MI, United States, Michigan 48858 · Mount Pleasant
Sleepy Dog Books Publisher / Host Sleepy Dog Books
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In 2024, executive coach Matthew Spence signed up for the 29029 Everesting Challenge: climb 29,029 vertical feet—the height of Mt. Everest—in a single weekend. Fifteen relentless ascents up a ski slope. Thirty-six hours on the clock. On ascent twelve, 28 hours in, he strained his hamstring on a brutal stretch known as “The Wall,” unsure if he could take another step.
Lessons from the Wall is not simply a story about endurance. It’s about what happens when you deliberately put something hard on the calendar—and pay attention to what it teaches you.
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Blending immersive storytelling with fifteen leadership and life lessons, Spence explores resilience, instinct, recovery, perseverance and the power of purpose. What began as a physical challenge became a deeper reckoning with identity, ambition, fatherhood, and a year of personal transformation.
For leaders and anyone standing at the base of their own mountain, this is a guide
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