Acta Non Verba is a Latin phrase that means "Actions, Not Words." If you want to know what someone truly believes don't listen to their words. Instead, observe their actions. This book is grounded in the principle of taking action, not passively learning or just talking about it.

While preparing to deploy with the U.S. Army Light Infantry Marcus Aurelius Anderson was paralyzed from the neck down, flatlined on the operating table twice, and was told he'd never be able to walk or use his hands again.

This was Anderson's "all is lost moment."

In his first book, "The Gift of Adversity: Overcoming Paralysis and Pain to Find Purpose," he tells the entire story in detail of his spinal injury while preparing to deploy, dying on the operating table twice, paralysis, suicidal depression, and his against all odds recovery.

While the material in this book is rooted in his origin story, Acta Non Verba covers new ground giving the philosophy, tactics, and strategies Marcus developed from his years of experience coaching individuals, speaking all over the world, teaching companies, and interviewing top leaders, experts, authors, and peak performers that leverage Adversity to their advantage through actions not words on the Acta Non Verba Podcast.

Acta Non Verba was written as a handbook that you can take with you anywhere to use in everyday life. Because it's concentrated, you can return to sections of it often, like a mantra, to keep you moving forward while reminding yourself that you're much stronger than you realize.

It will also serve as the verbal kick in the ass to stop lying to yourself when you're playing the victim. Only with Adversity spurring you onward will you begin to harness these otherwise untapped powers.

If you're facing Adversity, you were meant to listen to this book.