This is a reflective writing homework. Please read the article and turn in a brief response (two paragraphs). Personally reflect on the article. What did you learn from it? What did you learn from those mentioned in the article? Were there one or two aspects of the article that you found interesting to your experiences? Why or how? This is a reflective writing assignment, and while there are no right or wrong answers I am looking for your reaction and a well-thought response. Your response should not exclusively summarize the article. very short article, no research

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Your use of the machine generated PDF is subject to all use restrictions contained in The Cengage Learning Subscription and License Agreement and/or the Gale General OneFile Terms and Conditions and by using the machine generated PDF functionality you agree to forgo any and all claims against Cengage Learning or its licensors for your use of the machine generated PDF functionality and any output derived therefrom. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics Author: Sara M. Tracy-Ruazol Date: June 1, 2017 From: Army Lawyer Publisher: Judge Advocate General's School Document Type: Book review Length: 2,303 words Lexile Measure: 1910L Joe, when you really start trusting those other boys, you will feel a power at work within you that is far beyond anything you've ever imagined. Sometimes, you will feel as if you have rowed right off the planet and are rowing among the stars. (2) Full Text: 1. Introduction For many Americans, the 1936 Olympic Games conjure up achievements cemented in American sports history. Most recall Jesse Owens breaking three world records, medaling four times, (3) and undermining Adolf Hitler's goal of using the Games to showcase his theory of Aryan racial superiority (4) Laura Hillenbrand's book, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, (5) put Louis Zamperini's record breaking final lap of the 5000 meter run in modern American consciousness. (6) Now, thanks Daniel James Brown's book, The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the University of Washington rowing team's first place finish and victory over Germany (7) can rightfully be added to that list. The Boys in the Boat is a narrative non-fiction (8) portraying the team's journey from ragtag working-class boys to Olympic champions. (9) Brown centers the story on Joe Rantz, a young man who suffered incredible deprivation in childhood but eventually found his home and peace through rowing and its brotherhood. (10) While Rantz is the primary subject, Brown expertly weaves the personal stories of Rantz's teammates, coaches, and mentors along with contemporaneous accounts of the political and economic challenges facing the Depression-era United States and the pre-World War II international landscape. (11) At 404 pages, The Boys in the Boat is a substantial yet quick read owing to Brown's captivating storytelling; readers will have a hard time putting the book down. Those without a rowing background should not be discouraged. Brown has a magical way of educating laymen on the basics of rowing while keeping the material engaging. Judge advocates looking for an inspirational story will find this an extremely worthwhile book to supplement their professional reading list. The Boys in the Boat is filled with invaluable leadership and teamwork lessons set against the historical backdrop of the United States and Europe during the 1930s. II. Summary of Unifying Themes In telling the team's story, Brown hits on key unifying themes throughout the book. One of those themes concerns the underdog persevering with a "never quit" attitude. In the 1930s, rowing was an exclusive sport typically reserved for the well-heeled and Ivy League-educated. (12) Yet, like Rantz, nearly all the members of the University of Washington's Olympic team came from working- class backgrounds. (13) On top of this, they had a societal disadvantage; most elite rowing teams typically hailed from the East Coast while the American West, especially Seattle, was still viewed as backwaters. (14) These boys were the unlikeliest of rowing champions, yet as underdogs they defied traditional expectations. Another key theme is the importance of subordinating the needs of the individual to the needs of the group. Rowing is considered by some to be the ultimate team sport. (15) To successfully row, all eight oarsmen, with the coxswain directing, (16) must perfectly synchronize their stroke and muscle movement. (17) For Al Ulbrickson, the head coach of the University of Washington's rowing program, (18) the most important characteristic for a rower is "the ability to disregard his own ambitions, to throw his ego over the gunwales, to leave it swirling in the wake of his shell, and to pull, not just for himself, not just for glory, but for the other boys in the boat." (19) This theme is pervasive not only in the team's rowing exploits, but also in the personal stories of the boys. (20) III. Notable Lessons for Leaders Simply put, Brown's storytelling is masterful. He adroitly keeps the reader engaged in a compellingly-told personal story brimming with leadership and teamwork lessons. Some of the best leadership books are ones that are not marketed or intended as such, (21) yet have practical examples of leadership in action. The Boys in the Boat is one of these books, and judge advocates should add this to their professional reading list for the leadership lessons they can glean in a well-told story set against the backdrop of critical moments in our national and world history. Of note, the most notable lessons involve the value of "grit" in achieving success and the importance of a teamwork concept the rowing world calls "swing." A. Grit Angela Duckworth, author of Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, (22) defines grit as "perseverance and passion for long- term goals" and argues that gritty people work "strenuously toward challenges" while "maintaining effort and interest over years despite failure, adversity, and plateaus in progression." (23) Alternatively, George Pocock, a legendary designer and builder of racing shells and an informal mentor to the University of Washington rowing program, summarizes grit and its effect more poetically: "Men as fit as you, when your everyday strength is gone, can draw on a mysterious reservoir of power far greater. Then it is that you can reach for the stars. That is the way champions are made." (24) Brown also uses a Pocock quote about the rings in a tree to keenly express the importance of grit in survival and how it shapes a person: These giants of the forest are something to behold. Some have been growing for a thousand years, and each tree contains its own story of the centuries' long struggle for survival. Looking at the annular rings of the wood, you can tell what seasons they have been through. In some drought years they almost perished, as growth is barely perceptible. In others, the growth was far greater. (25) The importance of grit in success could not be more evident in The Boys in the Boat. Brown's main vehicle for this lesson is through Rantz. (26) As a poor, motherless child growing up in a working-class home during the Great Depression, (27) Rantz had much stacked up against him. His circumstances worsened when his father, stepmother, and half-siblings eventually abandoned him. (28) As a school-aged boy he had to find a way to support himself. (29) Objectively, Rantz was setup for failure and if he did fail, few would likely blame him. But instead of failing, Rantz persevered, put himself through the University of Washington, (30) and won a gold medal in the Olympics (31)--all while barely scraping up enough money employed as a janitor. (32) Another pivotal example of grit at play is the suspenseful and gripping picture Brown paints of the Olympic championship race. (33) The U.S. team had the worst lane assignment against a strong wind, (34) didn't hear or see the signal for the start, (35) and their teammate in the critical stroke position was suffering from pneumonia. (36) At one point, the U.S. team was dead last with teams far ahead of them. (37) But through sheer grit, the nine of them made a miraculous comeback in the final minutes of the race to beat the Germans by one sixth of a second and finish in first place. (38) B. Swing Another key lesson--and probably the most important lesson of all--is that grit, while important, will only take one so far. What is required is trust between team members to achieve what is known in the rowing world as "swing." (39) Pocock calls swing the "fourth dimension of rowing." (40) Brown explains that swing is "hard to achieve and hard to define" but it is something that "only happens when all eight oarsmen are rowing in such perfect unison that no single action by any one is out of synch with those of the others." (41) Brown goes on to say that this synchronization requires not only the oar hitting the water at just the right time, but each oarsman's muscle movement being in synch. (42) Achieving swing does not necessarily make the team go as fast as they can; however, when a crew finds its swing, it allows them to stroke so efficiently that they can conserve the power they may need for that "gut-wrenching, muscle-screaming sprint at the end of a race." (43) Such perfect synchronization is so elusive that Pocock recalled hearing "men shriek out with delight when that swing came in an eight; it's a thing they'll never forget as long as they live." (44) Throughout the book Ulbrickson is on a quest to find the best combination of freshman, junior varsity, and varsity boys that is most likely to achieve swing, and he eventually finds it in the nine who make up the Olympic team. (45) The team owed their success to both their individual grit and the swing they found with each other both on and off the water. (46) Leaders can use this rowing concept and apply it to everyday team building. Every project and group endeavor likely has an equivalent moment where something akin to swing can be achieved. Although the concept is abstract and therefore difficult to define, judge advocates can put this rowing lesson in their leadership kitbags to provide a framework of how to achieve goals in a team environment. The very concept of swing is universal to team efforts and emphasizes the importance of every person pulling his or her own weight. However, brute strength isn't enough to achieve swing: each team member's energy must be expended in a way that perfectly harmonizes and complements one another to achieve their goals in the most efficient manner. C. Other Leadership Lessons Other particularly notable leadership lessons are displayed in Al Ulbrickson's use of George Pocock. (47) While Pocock was not a member of the coaching staff, Ulbrickson recognized Pocock's value for his expertise in rowing, and Ulbrickson started to use Pocock more as the Olympics approached. (48) At one point he asks Pocock to "figure out" Joe Rantz. (49) Ulbrickson recognized Rantz's enormous talent and potential, but Rantz was oftentimes inconsistent in his performance. (50) Pocock approached Rantz as a mentor and got to know him well enough to break through the barriers that kept Rantz from fully meshing with the team and realizing his true potential. (51) In this story alone, judge advocates can glean two critical leadership lessons: (1) recognize and use the resources all around you, (52) and (2) leaders must know their people to unlock their subordinates' and teammates' full potential. IV. Conclusion With its well-paced and engaging storyline filled with real world examples of valuable leadership and teamwork attributes, The Boys in the Boat should be on any judge advocate's short list of professional development books. While books written specifically on leadership are sometimes dry or too theoretical, as a narrative nonfiction The Boys in the Boat is neither. Additionally, the book's historical context increases its professional development value. As Army professionals, continuing self-education in history is critical because it builds our knowledge on the legacies of the past to better understand the world we operate in today. (53) Reviewed by Major Sara M. Tracy-Ruazol * Judge Advocate, U.S. Army. (1) DANIEL JAMES BROWN, THE BOYS IN THE BOAT: NINE AMERICANS AND THEIR EPIC QUEST FOR GOLD AT THE 1936 BERLIN OLYMPICS (2013). (2) Id. at 235. (3) Jesse Owens, THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, https://www.olympic.org/jesse-owens (last visited Sept. 22, 2016). (4) Berlin, 1936: Jesse Owens and the Aryan Race, DW (July 30, 2008), http://www.dw.com/en/berlin-1936-jesse-owens-and-the aryan-race/a-3524138. (5) LAURA HILLENBRAND, UNBROKEN: A WORLD WAR II STORY OF SURVIVAL, RESILIENCE, AND REDEMPTION (2010). (6) See War Hero, Olympian Louis Zamperini Dies at 97, ESPN (July 3, 2014), http://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/11171984/war-hero-olympian-louis-zamperini-dies-97. (7) BROWN, supra note 1, at 351. (8) About Daniel, DANIEL JAMES BROWN, http://www.danieljamesbrown.com/about/#.V-TzLv7r3mQ (last visited Sept. 22, 2016). (9) BROWN, supra note 1. (10) See id. at 25-37, 343-70, 375. (11) See id (12) See id, at 18, 110-11. (13) Id. at 1 (14) Id. at 173; see id. at 18-19, 111-13. (15) James Cracknell, 10 Things No One Tells You When You Take up Rowing, THE TELEGRAPH (July 11, 2014), http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/active/10953438/10-things-no-one-tells-you-before-you-take-up-rowing.html. (16) BROWN, supra note 1, at 231. (17) ld. at 161 (18) Id. at 15. (19) Id. at 23. (20) Id. For instance, in recounting the pain he experienced from his family leaving him, Joe Rantz tells his girlfriend, Joyce Simdars, "They didn't have any choice. There were just too many mouths to feed." Id. at 134. Rantz continued to provide to care to his half- siblings despite his own extremely meager financial means. See id. at 73, 218. (21) See Dane Stangler, The Best Management Books, INC. MAGAZINE, (Mar. 2014), http://www.inc.com/magazine/201403/dane- stangler/best-management-books.html; Craig Chappelow, A Leadership Book Author on Why You 're Better Off Reading Fiction for Lasting Lessons, Fast Company (Jun. 17, 2013), https://www.fastcompany.com/3013003/dialed/a-leadership-book-authoron-why- youre-better-off-reading-fiction-for-lasting-lessons. (22) ANGELA DUCKWORTH, GRIT: THE POWER OF PASSION AND PERSEVERANCE (2016). (23) Angela Duckworth et al., Grit: Perseverance and Passion for Long Term Goals, 92 J. PERSONALITY & SOC. PSYCHOLOGY 6. at 1087-88 (2007). (24) BROWN, supra note 1, at 343. (25) Id. at 25. (26) See id (27) Id. at 28-37 (28) Id. at 58. (29) Id. at 36. (30) ld, at 361. (31) Id. at 350 (32) Id. at 73 (33) Id. at 340-51. (34) Id. at 334. (35) Id. at 341. (36) Id. at 332 (37) ld. at 344 (38) Id. at 351. (39) See id. at 235. (40) Id. at 275 (41) ld, at 161. (42) Id. (43) Id. at 162 (44) Id. at 229 (45) See, e.g., id, at 84, 212-13, 229-40. (46) See id, at 343-51. (47) See id. at 212 (48) Id. (49) Id. at 213 (50) Id. (51) See id. at 213-15, 219, 234-35. (52) This lesson is also exemplified in a revelation Rantz had as a school-aged boy on a natural history field trip when his schoolteacher introduced them to an edible fungus on a tree stump. At this point Rantz was abandoned by his family and fending for himself. Rantz realized that [1] you simply kept your eyes open, it seemed, you just might find something valuable in the most unlikely of places. The trick was to recognize a good thing when you saw it, no matter how odd or worthless it might at first appear, no matter who else might just walk away and leave it behind. Id. at 37. (53) See William H. McNeill, Why Study History?, THE AM. HIST. ASS'N (last visited July 12, 2017), https://www.historians.org/about-aha-and-membership/aha-history-and-archives/archives/why-study-history-(1985) (advocating the study of recent and ancient history because "[o]nly an acquaintance with the entire human adventure on earth allows us to understand these dimensions of contemporary reality."). Copyright: COPYRIGHT 2017 Judge Advocate General's School http://proxy.geneseo.edu:2654/r/frd/Military Law/Army Lawyer.html Source Citation (MLA 8th Edition) Tracy-Ruazol, Sara M. "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics." Army Lawyer, June 2017 p. S1+. Gale General OneFile, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A555230943/ITOF?u=geneseo&sid=ITOF&xid=494b2812. Accessed 15 Aug. 2019. Gale Document Number: GALE|A555230943 Disclaimer: This is a machine generated PDF of selected content from our databases. This functionality is provided solely for your convenience and is in no way intended to replace original scanned PDF. Neither Cengage Learning nor its licensors make any representations or warranties with respect to the machine generated PDF. The PDF is automatically generated "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" and are not retained in our systems. CENGAGE LEARNING AND ITS LICENSORS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES FOR AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, COMPLETENESS, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 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Introduction For many Americans, the 1936 Olympic Games conjure up achievements cemented in American sports history. Most recall Jesse Owens breaking three world records, medaling four times, (3) and undermining Adolf Hitler's goal of using the Games to showcase his theory of Aryan racial superiority (4) Laura Hillenbrand's book, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, (5) put Louis Zamperini's record breaking final lap of the 5000 meter run in modern American consciousness. (6) Now, thanks Daniel James Brown's book, The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the University of Washington rowing team's first place finish and victory over Germany (7) can rightfully be added to that list. The Boys in the Boat is a narrative non-fiction (8) portraying the team's journey from ragtag working-class boys to Olympic champions. (9) Brown centers the story on Joe Rantz, a young man who suffered incredible deprivation in childhood but eventually found his home and peace through rowing and its brotherhood. (10) While Rantz is the primary subject, Brown expertly weaves the personal stories of Rantz's teammates, coaches, and mentors along with contemporaneous accounts of the political and economic challenges facing the Depression-era United States and the pre-World War II international landscape. (11) At 404 pages, The Boys in the Boat is a substantial yet quick read owing to Brown's captivating storytelling; readers will have a hard time putting the book down. Those without a rowing background should not be discouraged. Brown has a magical way of educating laymen on the basics of rowing while keeping the material engaging. Judge advocates looking for an inspirational story will find this an extremely worthwhile book to supplement their professional reading list. The Boys in the Boat is filled with invaluable leadership and teamwork lessons set against the historical backdrop of the United States and Europe during the 1930s. II. Summary of Unifying Themes In telling the team's story, Brown hits on key unifying themes throughout the book. One of those themes concerns the underdog persevering with a "never quit" attitude. In the 1930s, rowing was an exclusive sport typically reserved for the well-heeled and Ivy League-educated. (12) Yet, like Rantz, nearly all the members of the University of Washington's Olympic team came from working- class backgrounds. (13) On top of this, they had a societal disadvantage; most elite rowing teams typically hailed from the East Coast while the American West, especially Seattle, was still viewed as backwaters. (14) These boys were the unlikeliest of rowing champions, yet as underdogs they defied traditional expectations. Another key theme is the importance of subordinating the needs of the individual to the needs of the group. Rowing is considered by some to be the ultimate team sport. (15) To successfully row, all eight oarsmen, with the coxswain directing, (16) must perfectly synchronize their stroke and muscle movement. (17) For Al Ulbrickson, the head coach of the University of Washington's rowing program, (18) the most important characteristic for a rower is "the ability to disregard his own ambitions, to throw his ego over the gunwales, to leave it swirling in the wake of his shell, and to pull, not just for himself, not just for glory, but for the other boys in the boat." (19) This theme is pervasive not only in the team's rowing exploits, but also in the personal stories of the boys. (20) III. Notable Lessons for Leaders Simply put, Brown's storytelling is masterful. He adroitly keeps the reader engaged in a compellingly-told personal story brimming with leadership and teamwork lessons. Some of the best leadership books are ones that are not marketed or intended as such, (21) yet have practical examples of leadership in action. The Boys in the Boat is one of these books, and judge advocates should add this to their professional reading list for the leadership lessons they can glean in a well-told story set against the backdrop of critical moments in our national and world history. Of note, the most notable lessons involve the value of "grit" in achieving success and the importance of a teamwork concept the rowing world calls "swing." A. Grit Angela Duckworth, author of Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, (22) defines grit as "perseverance and passion for long- term goals" and argues that gritty people work "strenuously toward challenges" while "maintaining effort and interest over years despite failure, adversity, and plateaus in progression." (23) Alternatively, George Pocock, a legendary designer and builder of racing shells and an informal mentor to the University of Washington rowing program, summarizes grit and its effect more poetically: "Men as fit as you, when your everyday strength is gone, can draw on a mysterious reservoir of power far greater. Then it is that you can reach for the stars. That is the way champions are made." (24) Brown also uses a Pocock quote about the rings in a tree to keenly express the importance of grit in survival and how it shapes a person: These giants of the forest are something to behold. Some have been growing for a thousand years, and each tree contains its own story of the centuries' long struggle for survival. Looking at the annular rings of the wood, you can tell what seasons they have been through. In some drought years they almost perished, as growth is barely perceptible. In others, the growth was far greater. (25) The importance of grit in success could not be more evident in The Boys in the Boat. Brown's main vehicle for this lesson is through Rantz. (26) As a poor, motherless child growing up in a working-class home during the Great Depression, (27) Rantz had much stacked up against him. His circumstances worsened when his father, stepmother, and half-siblings eventually abandoned him. (28) As a school-aged boy he had to find a way to support himself. (29) Objectively, Rantz was setup for failure and if he did fail, few would likely blame him. But instead of failing, Rantz persevered, put himself through the University of Washington, (30) and won a gold medal in the Olympics (31)--all while barely scraping up enough money employed as a janitor. (32) Another pivotal example of grit at play is the suspenseful and gripping picture Brown paints of the Olympic championship race. (33) The U.S. team had the worst lane assignment against a strong wind, (34) didn't hear or see the signal for the start, (35) and their teammate in the critical stroke position was suffering from pneumonia. (36) At one point, the U.S. team was dead last with teams far ahead of them. (37) But through sheer grit, the nine of them made a miraculous comeback in the final minutes of the race to beat the Germans by one sixth of a second and finish in first place. (38) B. Swing Another key lesson--and probably the most important lesson of all--is that grit, while important, will only take one so far. What is required is trust between team members to achieve what is known in the rowing world as "swing." (39) Pocock calls swing the "fourth dimension of rowing." (40) Brown explains that swing is "hard to achieve and hard to define" but it is something that "only happens when all eight oarsmen are rowing in such perfect unison that no single action by any one is out of synch with those of the others." (41) Brown goes on to say that this synchronization requires not only the oar hitting the water at just the right time, but each oarsman's muscle movement being in synch. (42) Achieving swing does not necessarily make the team go as fast as they can; however, when a crew finds its swing, it allows them to stroke so efficiently that they can conserve the power they may need for that "gut-wrenching, muscle-screaming sprint at the end of a race." (43) Such perfect synchronization is so elusive that Pocock recalled hearing "men shriek out with delight when that swing came in an eight; it's a thing they'll never forget as long as they live." (44) Throughout the book Ulbrickson is on a quest to find the best combination of freshman, junior varsity, and varsity boys that is most likely to achieve swing, and he eventually finds it in the nine who make up the Olympic team. (45) The team owed their success to both their individual grit and the swing they found with each other both on and off the water. (46) Leaders can use this rowing concept and apply it to everyday team building. Every project and group endeavor likely has an equivalent moment where something akin to swing can be achieved. Although the concept is abstract and therefore difficult to define, judge advocates can put this rowing lesson in their leadership kitbags to provide a framework of how to achieve goals in a team environment. The very concept of swing is universal to team efforts and emphasizes the importance of every person pulling his or her own weight. However, brute strength isn't enough to achieve swing: each team member's energy must be expended in a way that perfectly harmonizes and complements one another to achieve their goals in the most efficient manner. C. Other Leadership Lessons Other particularly notable leadership lessons are displayed in Al Ulbrickson's use of George Pocock. (47) While Pocock was not a member of the coaching staff, Ulbrickson recognized Pocock's value for his expertise in rowing, and Ulbrickson started to use Pocock more as the Olympics approached. (48) At one point he asks Pocock to "figure out" Joe Rantz. (49) Ulbrickson recognized Rantz's enormous talent and potential, but Rantz was oftentimes inconsistent in his performance. (50) Pocock approached Rantz as a mentor and got to know him well enough to break through the barriers that kept Rantz from fully meshing with the team and realizing his true potential. (51) In this story alone, judge advocates can glean two critical leadership lessons: (1) recognize and use the resources all around you, (52) and (2) leaders must know their people to unlock their subordinates' and teammates' full potential. IV. Conclusion With its well-paced and engaging storyline filled with real world examples of valuable leadership and teamwork attributes, The Boys in the Boat should be on any judge advocate's short list of professional development books. While books written specifically on leadership are sometimes dry or too theoretical, as a narrative nonfiction The Boys in the Boat is neither. Additionally, the book's historical context increases its professional development value. As Army professionals, continuing self-education in history is critical because it builds our knowledge on the legacies of the past to better understand the world we operate in today. (53) Reviewed by Major Sara M. Tracy-Ruazol * Judge Advocate, U.S. Army. (1) DANIEL JAMES BROWN, THE BOYS IN THE BOAT: NINE AMERICANS AND THEIR EPIC QUEST FOR GOLD AT THE 1936 BERLIN OLYMPICS (2013). (2) Id. at 235. (3) Jesse Owens, THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, https://www.olympic.org/jesse-owens (last visited Sept. 22, 2016). (4) Berlin, 1936: Jesse Owens and the Aryan Race, DW (July 30, 2008), http://www.dw.com/en/berlin-1936-jesse-owens-and-the aryan-race/a-3524138. (5) LAURA HILLENBRAND, UNBROKEN: A WORLD WAR II STORY OF SURVIVAL, RESILIENCE, AND REDEMPTION (2010). (6) See War Hero, Olympian Louis Zamperini Dies at 97, ESPN (July 3, 2014), http://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/11171984/war-hero-olympian-louis-zamperini-dies-97. (7) BROWN, supra note 1, at 351. (8) About Daniel, DANIEL JAMES BROWN, http://www.danieljamesbrown.com/about/#.V-TzLv7r3mQ (last visited Sept. 22, 2016). (9) BROWN, supra note 1. (10) See id. at 25-37, 343-70, 375. (11) See id (12) See id, at 18, 110-11. (13) Id. at 1 (14) Id. at 173; see id. at 18-19, 111-13. (15) James Cracknell, 10 Things No One Tells You When You Take up Rowing, THE TELEGRAPH (July 11, 2014), http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/active/10953438/10-things-no-one-tells-you-before-you-take-up-rowing.html. (16) BROWN, supra note 1, at 231. (17) ld. at 161 (18) Id. at 15. (19) Id. at 23. (20) Id. For instance, in recounting the pain he experienced from his family leaving him, Joe Rantz tells his girlfriend, Joyce Simdars, "They didn't have any choice. There were just too many mouths to feed." Id. at 134. Rantz continued to provide to care to his half- siblings despite his own extremely meager financial means. See id. at 73, 218. (21) See Dane Stangler, The Best Management Books, INC. MAGAZINE, (Mar. 2014), http://www.inc.com/magazine/201403/dane- stangler/best-management-books.html; Craig Chappelow, A Leadership Book Author on Why You 're Better Off Reading Fiction for Lasting Lessons, Fast Company (Jun. 17, 2013), https://www.fastcompany.com/3013003/dialed/a-leadership-book-authoron-why- youre-better-off-reading-fiction-for-lasting-lessons. (22) ANGELA DUCKWORTH, GRIT: THE POWER OF PASSION AND PERSEVERANCE (2016). (23) Angela Duckworth et al., Grit: Perseverance and Passion for Long Term Goals, 92 J. PERSONALITY & SOC. PSYCHOLOGY 6. at 1087-88 (2007). (24) BROWN, supra note 1, at 343. (25) Id. at 25. (26) See id (27) Id. at 28-37 (28) Id. at 58. (29) Id. at 36. (30) ld, at 361. (31) Id. at 350 (32) Id. at 73 (33) Id. at 340-51. (34) Id. at 334. (35) Id. at 341. (36) Id. at 332 (37) ld. at 344 (38) Id. at 351. (39) See id. at 235. (40) Id. at 275 (41) ld, at 161. (42) Id. (43) Id. at 162 (44) Id. at 229 (45) See, e.g., id, at 84, 212-13, 229-40. 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