Life's Best Kept Secrets: A practical guide to financial freedom, physical fitness, and mental fortitude - Softcover

Schoonover, James

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798996234509

Publisher: Kingdom Secrets LLC, 2026

Synopsis

What if school prepared you for tests—but never prepared you for life?
Most of us spent years memorizing formulas, historical dates, and vocabulary words, yet no one taught us the practical skills that determine whether we thrive as adults.

How do you build wealth?
How do you invest with confidence?
How do you stay healthy?
How do you develop mental resilience?
How do you find lasting peace and purpose?

Life's Best Kept Secrets is a practical guide to designing a life that actually works.

Written by an aerospace engineer who approached life like an engineering problem, this book breaks down complex topics into simple, actionable principles you can begin applying immediately.

Inside you'll discover how to:

• Develop the money skills that lead to financial freedom
• Create lasting wealth through smart investing and proven strategies.
• Understand personal finance without confusing jargon.
• Develop healthy habits that improve your energy, fitness, and longevity.
• Strengthen your mental toughness, focus, and emotional resilience.
• Reduce stress by creating systems that work for you instead of relying on willpower.
• Build your life on the unshakable foundation of Jesus Christ and discover the purpose, peace, and freedom found only in Him.

Rather than offering quick fixes or motivational hype, Life's Best Kept Secrets combines timeless principles with practical action steps to help you create lasting change in every area of life.

Whether you're looking for financial freedom, investing for beginners, Christian personal development, better habits, improved health, or a practical blueprint for living with purpose, this book provides a clear path forward.

You don't need to be richer, smarter, or luckier to build a better life.
You simply need the right blueprint.

Stop surviving. Start designing the life you were meant to live.

About this title

About the Author

James Schoonover writes to help everyday adults build a life that actually works-one marked by financial freedom, physical fitness, mental fortitude, and faith. His writing cuts through the noise of modern adulthood with clear, practical wisdom designed for real people with real responsibilities.By day, James is an aerospace engineer designing things that fly. By night and on weekends, he's chasing after his three young kids-giving "Daddy rides," playing backyard soccer, reading bedtime stories, and keeping up with Gus, their small white fluffy dog.He lives in Orlando, Florida with his wife and their children. While he enjoys everything Central Florida has to offer, his favorite moments are spent traveling with his family, exploring new places, and making memories that last long after the bags are unpacked.James holds a master's degree in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech and built his career solving complex problems in high-stakes environments. But the hardest problem he ever had to solve wasn't in aerospace-it was learning how to build a balanced, meaningful life amid the chaos, pressure, and distractions of modern adulthood.As a husband and father, James has wrestled firsthand with managing money, health, mindset, and faith. He approached that challenge like an engineer: breaking it down, testing what actually works, and refining it over time. Life's Best Kept Secrets is the result of that two-decade journey-a practical framework for building strength, clarity, and purpose in every area of life.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kingdom Secrets LLC
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798996234509
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 241