Percy Cerutty

 

Cerutty was a prolific writer. Through his crashing typewriter, Cerutty sought to not only inspire and enthuse, but to liberate humankind. He didn’t just live the healthy life he advocated, turning himself into one of the most extraordinarily fit men for his age on the planet for the last 30 years of his life. He was also a teacher, scientist, philosopher and pioneering motivator.

His own life was his greatest experiment. In 1939, as a 44-year-old telephone technician by day and home renovator by night, his obsessive search for meaning and erratic personality had reduced him to a human skeleton. It was as if Cerutty had collapsed under the strain of his self-interrogation. Doctors gave him two years to live. The advice of one, however, left an impression: “I can’t heal you with medicines, Perce. The mending lies in your own intelligence and desire to live. If you want to do anything about yourself, you’ll do it under your own will and spirit.”  

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