When the housing market crashed in 2009, Michael Erath lost everything. Due to a combination of declining sales, betrayals from key staff, and personal blind-spots, Michael went from owning two businesses generating $45 million in annual revenue to seeing both of them destroyed while at the same time nearly losing his marriage and his home. But he didn't let failure keep him down. Instead, he learned from his mistakes and rose back to success.

Michael's journey inspired him to take everything he learned in the first half of his career, share it openly with others, and in doing so, give it all back. In RISE, Michael recounts his remarkable story with brutal honesty and self-reflection. He demonstrates how through this journey, he discovered that focusing on five specific things, what he now teaches as The Five Obsessions of Elite Organizations(R) as Founder of Next Level Growth, can help entrepreneurs build elite organizations and free themselves from the control their businesses have over them, fall back in love with their businesses, and achieve their dreams.

Part refreshingly honest memoir and part guide for entrepreneurs, RISE will show you how to get out of your own way and live your ideal life.