I believe that his convenient stories stem from his educator background. Moments, where one has a teachable moment for children, friends, and family, are the best. However, that doesn't mean that I didn't find him a bit arrogant.SPasciuti wrote: ↑12 Jan 2018, 15:34Haha, yeah. I remember while reading it that I came back to check other people's opinions and it sort of cemented my prior thought that he seemed a little full of himself. But, yeah. I dunno. The more I think about it, part of me wonders if the pat on the back thing he kind of gives himself throughout his narrative is kind of important? Not because I think he should feel full of himself, but rather because if he didn't feel like he was taking these lessons and teaching them to others, his advice would be less about passing on the experiences and teachings of life and more about simply saying something like, "this is how you should be."missiontrainer2000 wrote: ↑12 Jan 2018, 13:20I agree. I appreciated his examples as well, maybe so much so that I didn't really consider that it seems a little arrogant until I started discussing on this forum (after I posted my review!). My feelings are a little mixed now, too, though it is an autobiography, so talking about himself and what he's learned throughout his life is natural for the book type.SPasciuti wrote: ↑10 Jan 2018, 16:16
At times I found him a little self-absorbed, particularly when he would always have a very convenient example of how he passed on these lessons that he learned. But I also appreciated that, oddly enough, if only because it's rather useless to say we learned a lesson from someone and not have an example of how we put that lesson into practice, wouldn't you say? If we didn't, I imagine that it would be arguable that we didn't actually learn the lesson at all. Rob White seems like a very thoughtful and interesting guy and I imagine he'd be rather fascinating to sit down and have a conversation with.
I'm kind of back and forth on it, lately. Cause as I read it, I hated that he always had a really convenient story for how he passed on the lesson. But at the same time, I'm a HUGE believer in Pay it Forward and, ultimately, he at least made sincere efforts to do so, which means something to me. So I think mixed feelings on him as a person is a really natural place to be as far as opinions go.
What did you think of the author and his journey?
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Re: What did you think of the author and his journey?
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I also think that his book is a GREAT way to write an autobiography to leave behind. I sure wish my grandparents and ancestors had written a book like this for me to read about them, instead of knowing so very little about them.
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