Eeki Elner is Israel's pioneer in leadership training in the business and social world. He was at the pinnacle of his career when four separate doctors told him he had stage four cancer with a prognosis of only six months to live. It was as if God had given him the ultimate test; would he use the techniques he had been teaching others to overcome the greatest challenge of all, to live? Or would he give in to this death sentence without reaching his potential? Six years later, the answer is clear. Eeki Elner, in collaboration with writer and therapist Joshua Adams, created the ten commandments of Self-Leadership to help future leaders overcome self-limiting beliefs. During his battle with cancer, Eeki realized the real key to leadership is first to rise to one's level of self-mastery. "To become influential leaders, we must learn to lead ourselves effectively. We will then serve as an example to others." Be Strong and Have Courage (Joshua, 1:9) is a universal message that God is always with you. Although strongly practical in its takeaways, the book is spiritual in its message of hope. The underlying theme is there is a higher purpose for good leadership.