Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
The real Dan Millman had an impressive gymnastics career, including induction to the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame. (Source)
The author is married to a woman named Joy, just as the fictional Dan ultimately is. (Source)
The real Dan Millman says that the Socrates character in the novel is based on a real person. (Source)
The author was the first trampolinist to perform a twisting triple somersault, which he did at fourteen, and the first to win a world championship at age eighteen. (Source)