Life comes at you fast when you're traveling 180 miles per hour. For Ted Giovanis, it's also where you can learn the most valuable lessons.

In forty-eight accessible and inspiring chapters, he shares the experience he's gained since starting an auto racing career at age forty-six, a ride of three decades that is still in overdrive. He shows you how the tools of racing and the teamwork within it are applicable to life and business.

The veteran of Washington's health care policy and regulatory battles has learned to navigate a very different course as a professional driver and team owner in the International Motor Sports Association. You may not know about Type 1 turns, outbraking, or be able to distinguish down force from dive planes, but by the time you reach the checkered flag of Focus Forward, you will have a better sense of how to live with more purpose and gratitude. Whether preparing in the garage, taking practice laps, or revving the engine for the start of the race, Giovanis puts you in the driver's seat with him to make the most of every day.