In this inspiring coming-of-age novel, Mark, a young man who thinks his life is full of walls, obligations and dead-ends, comes to realize that there is something more. Mark is a freshman in college, studying business--a field that doesn"t interest him at all. Family obligations have turned him from his real interests. Boring classes and medical problems make him feel vulnerable and unable to make long-term decisions. With the words, "You are not who you think you are," a chance meeting with a mysterious man named Sensei shakes up Mark"s world-view and changes his life-course in ways he never imagined. Winner"s Way received a Hewlett Foundation Grant for incorporating life enrichment skills in a novel. Although this engaging novel can be read for pleasure, the extensive author"s notes at the end contain information, humor and self-help resources.