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In his years as a professional ice-skater, Olympic Gold Medalist Scott Hamilton learned to embrace the mind-set of working hard to "beat" the competition. But it seems competition has gotten a bad rap these days. We've bought in to the belief that it is unfair to participants to rank performance. Yet competition is in fact a good thing because it's about working toward excellence. Finish First is a wake-up call for business leaders, entrepreneurs, spouses, parents, and even students to stop settling for mediocre and strive to go for the win.

How do you get perspective and encouragement to focus forward when you are in the middle of a sad, distressing, or life-altering challenge in your life? Mess to Message serves as a great start. It provides a story in each chapter about a life challenge and the good - the message - that resulted. It provides a reflection after each story that encourages us to see and seek God in the mess. It provides hope - through a positive lens - to negative situations.

Sophia Amoruso is an American businesswoman. At age 23, she started an online eBay store selling vintage clothing and other items, which she named Nasty Gal Vintage. Based on the success of her online store, Amoruso founded Nasty Gal, a women's fashion retailer, which went on to be named one of the fastest growing companies by Inc. Magazine in 2012. In 2016, she was named one of the richest self-made women in the world by Forbes.