{"id":14,"date":"2025-09-12T18:20:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T18:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test8.samplewebsitelink.com\/perseverance\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2025-10-31T18:09:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T18:09:57","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/test8.samplewebsitelink.com\/perseverance\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"14\" class=\"elementor elementor-14\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa2271f e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fa2271f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-597e0c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"597e0c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About The Author<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f5e519 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2f5e519\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67ad19b e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"67ad19b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f1108a elementor-headline--style-highlight elementor-widget elementor-widget-animated-headline\" data-id=\"1f1108a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;marker&quot;:&quot;underline&quot;,&quot;highlighted_text&quot;:&quot;About The Author&quot;,&quot;headline_style&quot;:&quot;highlight&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;highlight_animation_duration&quot;:1200,&quot;highlight_iteration_delay&quot;:8000}\" data-widget_type=\"animated-headline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-wrapper elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-text elementor-headline-text-active\">About The Author<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d620fb5 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d620fb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Vernon E. Altman never set out to become an author. For decades, his world was boardrooms, client meetings, and the unpredictable rhythm of building businesses from the ground up. But beneath the corporate titles and success stories lay something more ordinary and more relatable. Stumbles. Setbacks. Second chances.<\/p><p>This author isn\u2019t a curated persona. It\u2019s Vernon himself, reshaping a lifetime of lessons into words that feel both personal and practical. He doesn\u2019t hide the failures that marked his early years. 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