Fear Into Fuel

The purpose of this book is not to give the reader a step-by-step guide to obliterate fear. Instead, Fear Into Fuel: Empower the Ageless Fighter Within delves deeper into the physical and emotional foundation from which success is derived. By using boxing as a metaphor for life, famed boxing trainer Michael Onello discusses the importance of balanced physical and mental discipline, their connection, and how their unification is required for success. Throughout the book, he touches on difficult issues, including jealousy, anger, violence, and respect, and how the lack of, or ignorance of, these emotions can lead to self-destructive behaviors with an underlying root of fear. He uses the training a boxer must go through to examine all of these difficult issues in expressing facets of human nature. Michael considers age as no boundary, enabling fighters to become the best they can be in any given circumstances and to discover along the way that they are not just fighters in the ring but in life as well. Through the framework of a boxer's training, Fear Into Fuel enables readers to relate its message with their personal circumstances in the hope that through introspection, readers can learn more about themselves. Fear Into Fuel provides a blueprint for how one can have a stronger foundation from which to build healthy habits that nurture both mental and physical fortitude. As a mainstay in the San Francisco community, Michael has been teaching not only boxing but also the lifestyle that is required to become successful in whatever goals that an individual sets. From decades of experience with students, he has distilled the essence of success into this book, Fear Into Fuel: Empower the Ageless Fighter Within.
About the Author: ABOUT THE AUTHOR At forty-six years old, R. Michael Onello is a former amateur champion who has been boxing for over thirty years. He is now a successful entrepreneur, three-time author, trainer, and motivational speaker. He has held boxing clinics and co-facilitated empowerment workshops. Currently he is training and writing from his social club (boxing school/barbershop) located in San Francisco, California. Recently, with the launch of his new iPhone app ("Boxing Trainer"), Michael is branching out into mobile and social domains to broaden his reach in the health and wellbeing of others. His books include Boxing: The American Martial Art and Boxing: Advanced Tactics and Strategies. Michael has attended two World Heavy Weight Training Camps of Lennox Lewis and has had many local and national articles written about him, including a feature in The New York Times. Michael has a short film documentary about him that was showcased in December 2012 in New York City. To watch the film and for more information, visit www.michaeltheboxer.com.