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Swing Your Sword by Mike Leach | Review and Summary

February 26, 2022September 21, 2021 by Samuel Pedro

You hear the word “evolve” used often to explain how a sport changes over time. It seems that every decade schemes, priorities, and strategies change in a sport and the game evolves. In the last decade, basketball teams started shooting more threes. A decade before that, college football teams started throwing the ball all over …

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Trillion Dollar Coach by Eric Schmidt | Book Summary and Review

February 26, 2022September 19, 2021 by Samuel Pedro

Summary I’ve read many books about the business world of Silicon Valley. There is one name mentioned frequently in these works; Bill Campbell. The biggest names in tech are associated with his name. Jobs, Bezos, Page, and Brin. These leaders looked to Campbell as a coach and mentor. Trillion Dollar Coach, by Eric Schmidt and …

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Perennial Seller by Ryan Holiday | Book Summary and Review

February 26, 2022September 19, 2021 by Samuel Pedro

Summary Perennial Seller is a book about constructing creative works that last. Works that continue to sell 20 or even 50 years after they are initially released. These are the movies, books, or artworks that have entered the public consciousness. The book talks about the creative process, how to polish your work, and how to …

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In Suspect Terrain by John McPhee | Book Summary and Review

February 26, 2022September 12, 2021 by Samuel Pedro

In Suspect Terrain by John McPhee Date Read: 9/7/2021 You can purchase In Suspect Terrain from Amazon here. Summary In Suspect Terrain is book two in John McPhee’s Annals of the Former World. He continues his drive along I-80 to explore the geological forces that shaped America. This time he is accompanied by a geologist named …

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Basin and Range by John McPhee | Book Summary

February 26, 2022September 8, 2021 by Samuel Pedro

Basin and Range by John McPhee Date Read: 9/5/2021 You can purchase Basin and Range from Amazon here. Summary John McPhee’s Annals of the Former World is a five-book masterpiece of geology. The series was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1999. Basin and Range is book one in the series. Basin and Range is a term …

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On Writing Well by William Zinsser | Book Summary

January 20, 2022September 7, 2021 by Samuel Pedro

On Writing Well by William Zinsser Date Read: 9/7/2021 You can purchase On Writing Well from Amazon here. Summary On Writing Well is a book to help improve non-fiction writing. It preaches simpleness in writing, and calls clutter “the disease of American writing.” Often, we use too many words and phrases that add nothing to our …

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