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From the Starting Gate: The Winning Strategies for Wealth, Health, and Happiness
Billy Peterson rode racehorses for nine years as a professional jockey, becoming the number one quarter horse jockey in the United States of America.
After retiring, he became a financial advisor and is a five-time member of Raymond James Chairman’s Council. He was also named to Barron’s list of top advisors in the United States and has been selected to America’s Best-in-State financial advisors by Forbes six times.
In short, the author knows all about winning, and it’s a lot easier to outpace your peers when you are prepared from the starting gate. In this book, a follow-up to Harnessing Your Wealth — The Pursuit of Millionaire Status, you’ll learn how
• create wealth – and just as important – sustain it;
• cultivate habits that will promote good health;
• avoid faulty medical advice;
• learn how to manifest miracles.
While the concept of miracles is fantasy to most people, the author shares numerous examples of how they have made a difference in his life and in the lives of others. By drawing on his broad array of experience as both a jockey and financial expert, he reveals how to enjoy the benefit of miracles at a greater frequency by connecting to the universe.
After retiring, he became a financial advisor and is a five-time member of Raymond James Chairman’s Council. He was also named to Barron’s list of top advisors in the United States and has been selected to America’s Best-in-State financial advisors by Forbes six times.
In short, the author knows all about winning, and it’s a lot easier to outpace your peers when you are prepared from the starting gate. In this book, a follow-up to Harnessing Your Wealth — The Pursuit of Millionaire Status, you’ll learn how
• create wealth – and just as important – sustain it;
• cultivate habits that will promote good health;
• avoid faulty medical advice;
• learn how to manifest miracles.
While the concept of miracles is fantasy to most people, the author shares numerous examples of how they have made a difference in his life and in the lives of others. By drawing on his broad array of experience as both a jockey and financial expert, he reveals how to enjoy the benefit of miracles at a greater frequency by connecting to the universe.
314 pages, Paperback
Published May 24, 2024
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March 23, 2025
📖 From the Starting Gate by Billy Peterson is a motivational guide packed with strategies for success in wealth, health, and happiness. Practical, inspiring, and easy to follow—perfect for anyone looking to level up in life! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
March 23, 2025
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May 7, 2025
Races are not always about speed. Some are about endurance, some about strategy, and others—perhaps the most important—about understanding why we are running in the first place.
From the Starting Gate is not merely a book about competition. It is a meditation on ambition, self-discovery, and the unpredictable nature of progress. The narrative challenges our understanding of success and failure, pushing us to consider that the most significant races in life are not about who reaches the finish line first but about who learns the most along the way.
The Finish Line Is Just Another Starting Point
We are conditioned to believe that winning is everything—that the race ends when the ribbon is broken, the prize is claimed, or the goal is achieved. But what if the finish line is nothing more than another starting gate?
This book asks: Are we running toward something, or away from something? Is every step forward truly progress, or just movement without direction? These are not questions of competition but of meaning—questions that haunt the ambitious and inspire the reflective.
Like a runner who has crossed the final checkpoint only to realize that the road still stretches ahead, the story reminds us that life itself is an endless series of races, each one building upon the last.
The Unseen Competitors
History remembers the most famous races—the Olympic sprints, the arms race, the space race. But what about the silent races—the ones fought in hospital rooms, in quiet moments of self-doubt, in the battle between dreams and reality?
This book gives voice to those unrecorded struggles. It acknowledges that not all victories come with trophies. Some are measured in resilience, in lessons learned, in the decision to continue when stopping seems easier.
The Philosophy of Motion
Is movement always progress? Or can speed be a distraction from direction?
From the Starting Gate does not offer simple answers. Instead, it presents a narrative that forces us to reflect on our own journeys—where we’ve been, where we’re going, and why we keep moving at all.
Like a winding road through unknown terrain, the story reveals that the destination is often not what we expected. And sometimes, it’s the act of moving forward—not the place we end up—that changes us the most.
Final Verdict: A Race Worth Running
If you are looking for a book that goes beyond the expected—a story that transforms the idea of competition into a deeper meditation on purpose—From the Starting Gate is worth the read. It is not merely a narrative; it is a journey. And like all great journeys, it leaves the traveler forever changed.
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From the Starting Gate is not merely a book about competition. It is a meditation on ambition, self-discovery, and the unpredictable nature of progress. The narrative challenges our understanding of success and failure, pushing us to consider that the most significant races in life are not about who reaches the finish line first but about who learns the most along the way.
The Finish Line Is Just Another Starting Point
We are conditioned to believe that winning is everything—that the race ends when the ribbon is broken, the prize is claimed, or the goal is achieved. But what if the finish line is nothing more than another starting gate?
This book asks: Are we running toward something, or away from something? Is every step forward truly progress, or just movement without direction? These are not questions of competition but of meaning—questions that haunt the ambitious and inspire the reflective.
Like a runner who has crossed the final checkpoint only to realize that the road still stretches ahead, the story reminds us that life itself is an endless series of races, each one building upon the last.
The Unseen Competitors
History remembers the most famous races—the Olympic sprints, the arms race, the space race. But what about the silent races—the ones fought in hospital rooms, in quiet moments of self-doubt, in the battle between dreams and reality?
This book gives voice to those unrecorded struggles. It acknowledges that not all victories come with trophies. Some are measured in resilience, in lessons learned, in the decision to continue when stopping seems easier.
The Philosophy of Motion
Is movement always progress? Or can speed be a distraction from direction?
From the Starting Gate does not offer simple answers. Instead, it presents a narrative that forces us to reflect on our own journeys—where we’ve been, where we’re going, and why we keep moving at all.
Like a winding road through unknown terrain, the story reveals that the destination is often not what we expected. And sometimes, it’s the act of moving forward—not the place we end up—that changes us the most.
Final Verdict: A Race Worth Running
If you are looking for a book that goes beyond the expected—a story that transforms the idea of competition into a deeper meditation on purpose—From the Starting Gate is worth the read. It is not merely a narrative; it is a journey. And like all great journeys, it leaves the traveler forever changed.
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