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Why You Should Read Eleven Rings by Phil Jackson

February 26, 2022February 8, 2022 by Samuel Pedro

Basketball is my favorite sport, but I haven’t read that many basketball-related books. It’s weird how two of my favorite hobbies have yet to intersect. I decided to change that, so I picked up coach Phil Jackson’s book Eleven Rings. It was one of the most highly rated basketball books out there. The book is …

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Review of ‘Thanks, Obama’ by David Litt

October 28, 2020May 3, 2020 by Samuel Pedro
David Litt meeting with Obama in the Oval Office

President Obama’s use of humor was vital to his popularity during his presidency. He owes a lot of his funniest moments to presidential speechwriter David Litt.  Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years, is David Litt’s memoir of his time in the White House. Litt, like most of Obama’s staff, was only in his …

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‘Spaceman’ by Mike Massimino – Review, Takeaways, and Thoughts

May 19, 2020March 16, 2020 by Samuel Pedro

A few months ago, I read Spaceman: An Astronaut’s Unlikely Journey To Unlock The Secrets of the Universe. This book caught me by surprise. I purchased the audiobook during one of Audible’s Daily Deal sales. It had a high customer rating and sounded like an interesting read. I wasn’t expecting to love the book as …

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Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead (and to Read)

May 19, 2020November 24, 2019 by Samuel Pedro

I just read Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead by Jim Mattis. My biggest takeaway from the book is that I could be a better reader. I read a lot but Mattis seems to be much better at learning from his reading than I am.  Overall, I really enjoyed this book. There were a lot …

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Working: Robert Caro’s New Memoir

May 19, 2020October 31, 2019 by Samuel Pedro

I love the thrill of finding a great author. Of reading a book and knowing that you will love any other book this author writes. When I was in high school, Kurt Vonnegut was the author I most admired. I read every book he ever published. Recently, I felt this way about Robert Caro after …

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Disney’s Greatest CEO Bob Iger and ‘The Ride of a Lifetime’

May 20, 2020October 16, 2019 by Samuel Pedro

How can you not like the Walt Disney Company? In the fall of 2018, I went to Disneyland for the first time since my childhood. I was totally captivated by the Disney experience. For almost one hundred years, Disney has been creating great family experiences. In the last 15 years, there has been a resurgence …

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