Dan Linden’s core mission is dedicated to enhance motivation. Assisting others to never give up or give in, unless it is in their best interest to do so, is his main objective. His inaugural publication, “Tenacity, Resiliency & and Willpower” establishes a foundation to support the mission and accomplish the objective. Teetering on the edge of survival and surrender is the story of his life. Growing up in a tough Chicago neighborhood, unexpectedly facing significant losses of loved ones at an early age, and competing to be recognized as a professional athlete, instilled durable levels of tenacity. Reaching the upper echelons of the pharmaceutical industry required resiliency throughout a twenty-eight-year professional career filled with success and failure. Lastly, with his mind twisted by mental illness for fourteen years, took willpower to preclude despair from triumph. A synergistic combination of all these events has uniquely trained him to raise hopes, proliferate love, and demonstrate gratitude under the most demanding of circumstances.