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Aging in Reverse

If I were to summarize my entire book in one word it would be “Ferrari.”

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If I were to summarize my entire book in one word it would be “Ferrari.” The secret to excellent health—the answer—is to treat your body like you would treat a Ferrari. A Ferrari is the archetype of a sports car, one of the most precise and high-performance machines ever made. It is exotic, fast, agile and beautiful. If you take the same care of your body as you would a Ferrari—using only the best fuel and regularly taking it to the best mechanic for maintenance—your body will give you ten times what you put into it, for the duration of your life. So ask yourself, “Do I treat my body like a Ferrari or a Pinto?”

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About the Author

Paul Akers

Paul Akers is an entrepreneur, business owner, author, speaker, Lean maniac!

He is the founder and president of FastCap, a product development company with distribution in 40 countries. FastCap, based in Ferndale, Washington, launches 30+ new innovative products each year and is regarded as a model Lean manufacturer.

The grandchild of Greek immigrants, Paul was born and raised in Southern California. At the age 14 he became an Eagle Scout, at 16 he built his own guitar and earned the attention of guitar builder Bob Taylor, who mentored and eventually put Paul to work for Taylor Guitars.

Paul graduated with honors from Biola University and then went to work in Pasadena restoring historic homes and teaching High school industrial arts.

In 2000, Paul discovered Lean manufacturing or Toyota Production System (TPS). This newfound knowledge helped him and his wife Leanne take FastCap from a small start up in their garage into the successful product development company it is today.

Paul is an international speaker whose core passion is teaching others how to implement Lean thinking in their business and personal life. Paul has worked with the US Navy, IDF Israel Defense Forces, Amazon, major European banks as well companies and organization all over the world.

In 2010 Paul ran for the US Senate in Washington State on a Lean platform of transforming government by developing a Lean thinking as a key strategy for all government organizations.

For the past five years Paul has produced a weekly radio show/podcast called “The American Innovator” where he interviews interesting people and tours sites and organizations from his travels around the world, including such notable people like Louis Zamperini.

Paul is an avid outdoorsman and regularly does day hikes up 14,000 foot mountains in California and Colorado. In 2014 he led back-to-back expeditions summiting Mt. Kilimanjaro and Everest Base Camp. He is also an instrument-rated pilot and has flown his plane all over the world, including 3 North Atlantic crossings in a single engine aircraft.

Paul has written two books, “2 Second Lean” and “Lean Health”, and is currently writing “Lean Travel”.

Contents

Table of Contents

A Word From Paul

Foreword by Jeffrey K. Liker

Word on the Street

Preface

Chapter 1 – The Perfect Night in Germany

Chapter 2 – The Answer

Chapter 3 – Everest Base Camp

Chapter 4 – The Results

Chapter 5 – How Could I Be So Stupid?

Chapter 6 – We Are All Addicts

Chapter 7 – Never Sick

Chapter 8 – The Four Things I learned From Doug

Chapter 9 – Convoluted Chemistry

Chapter 10 – Traveling is Easy

Chapter 11 – The Big Deception

Chapter 12 – The Picture Diet

Chapter 13 – Lean PD App

Chapter 14 – To Log or Not to Log?

Chapter 15 – Racing in the Rain

Chapter 16 – The Voice of Others

Chapter 17 – Roadblocks

Chapter 18 – Lead or Follow

Chapter 19 – Discipline or Intelligence

Chapter 20 – Building a Lean Team

A Typical Day For Paul

21 Stages of Lean Health

Questions & Answers

Paul’s Bio

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