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Greg Sankey is the commissioner of the Southeastern Conference. He previously served the SEC for 13 years in various capacities. Prior to that, he was the commissioner of the Southland Conference. Sankey is a native of Auburn, New York.
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Quit
The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away
Annie Duke - 2022-10-04
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From the bestselling author of Thinking in Bets comes a toolkit for mastering the skill of quitting to achieve greater successBusiness leaders, with millions of dollars down the drain, struggle to abandon a new app or product that just isn't working. Governments, caught in a hopeless conflict, believe that the next tactic will finally be the one th...
Greg Sankey
2022-12-27T14:08:28.000Z
I just read QUIT: The Power Of Knowing When To Walk Away by @AnnieDuke. This is the second @AnnieDuke book for me…the first was THINKING IN BETS an ENORMOUSLY helpful book during 2020 COVID decision-making! “Contrary to popular belief, winners quit a lot. That’s how they win.”      source
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Thinking in Bets
Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
Annie Duke - 2019-05-07 (first published in 2018)
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Poker champion turned business consultant Annie Duke teaches you how to get comfortable with uncertainty and make better decisions as a result.In Super Bowl XLIX, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll made one of the most controversial calls in football history: With 26 seconds remaining, and trailing by four at the Patriots' one-yard line, he called for a p...
Greg Sankey
2022-12-27T14:08:28.000Z
I just read QUIT: The Power Of Knowing When To Walk Away by @AnnieDuke. This is the second @AnnieDuke book for me…the first was THINKING IN BETS an ENORMOUSLY helpful book during 2020 COVID decision-making! “Contrary to popular belief, winners quit a lot. That’s how they win.”      source
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Miracle in Lake Placid
The Greatest Hockey Story Ever Told
John Gilbert - 2019-11-19
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A Celebration of America's Greatest Olympic Victory—the 1980 US–USSR Hockey Game! Forty years after the "Miracle on Ice" captivated the world, this book deeply examines the impact that singular event had on the people who played and coached in it  and how that game changed the trajectory of American hockey. Seasoned journalist John Gilbert was ther...
Greg Sankey
2022-08-29T16:19:03.000Z
Summer Reading Book #24 is MIRACLE IN LAKE PLACID: THE GREATEST HOCKEY STORY EVER TOLD by John Gilbert “(Herb) Brooks…delivered what is quite possibly the best pregame speech in sports history: ‘You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours!’”      source
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How Do You Kill 11 Million People?
Why the Truth Matters More Than You Think
Andy Andrews - 2020-03-17 (first published in 2011)
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How do you get away with the murder of 11 million people? The answer is simple—and disturbing. You lie to them. Learn how you can become an informed, passionate citizen who demands honesty and integrity from your leaders in this updated and expanded edition of the original New York Times bestselling book.In this updated and expanded nonpartisan New...
Greg Sankey
2022-08-24T17:32:27.000Z
Summer Reading Book #21 is HOW DO YOU KILL 11 MILLION PEOPLE? by @AndyAndrews “On the other hand, do we see a pattern in some bad choices we have made? Did those bad choices seem to connect the miserable dots that sank our life’s results ever lower?”      source
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The Lessons of History
Will Durant - 2010-02-16 (first published in 1968)
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A concise survey of the culture and civilization of mankind, The Lessons of History is the result of a lifetime of research from Pulitzer Prize–winning historians Will and Ariel Durant.With their accessible compendium of philosophy and social progress, the Durants take us on a journey through history, exploring the possibilities and limitations of ...
Greg Sankey
2022-08-23T15:11:08.000Z
Summer Reading Book #20 is THE LESSONS OF HISTORY by Will & Ariel Durant “With their accessible compendium of philosophy and social progress, the Durants take us on a journey through history, exploring the possibilities and limitations of humanity over time.”      source
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Through the Eyes of a Lion
Facing Impossible Pain, Finding Incredible Power
Levi Lusko - 2015-08-04
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What will you do when the unthinkable happens? Her parents called her Lenya Lion because of her ferocious personality and hair that had been wild and mane-like since birth. But they never expected that, five days before Christmas, their five-year-old daughter would suddenly go to heaven after an asthma attack. How do you walk out of the ER without ...
Greg Sankey
2022-08-20T15:50:59.000Z
Summer Reading Book #18–THROUGH THE EYES OF A LION by @levilusko “Far more often the recipe for success is simple and unpleasant. You persevere through difficulty, bad ideas, bad days, and bitterness again and again and again until something clicks. It’s not sexy, but it’s true.”      source
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Why Leaders Fail and the 7 Prescriptions for Success
Peter B. Stark, Mary C. Kelly - 2016-05-13
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Why do so many leaders fail, and what do the best do differently? Whether you're in your first year of management or your 20th, Why Leaders Fail is a must read for aspiring leaders who know they need to be constantly learning, improving, and developing their leadership skills. - Gain insight into behaviors that may be sabotaging the loyalty of your...
Greg Sankey
2022-08-04T18:09:26.000Z
Summer Book 15: WHY LEADERS FAIL—7 PRESCRIPTIONS FOR SUCCESS by @peterbstark @marykellyspeaks Becoming a great leader & earning relationships with people who are motivated to follow you for long periods of time is hard work—If it were easy there’d be an abundance of great leaders      source
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The Sun Does Shine
How I Found Life, Freedom, and Justice
Anthony Hinton - 2019-06-04 (first published in 2018)
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A powerful, revealing story of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading by a man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime he didn't commit."An amazing and heartwarming story, it restores our faith in the inherent goodness of humanity.”- Archbishop Desmond TutuIn 1985, Anthony Ray Hinton was arrested and charged with two counts of capita...
Greg Sankey
2022-07-28T12:47:41.000Z
Summer reading book #8 is THE SUN DOES SHINE by Anthony Ray Hinton “What kind of world is it where an innocent man can lose 16 years of his life & it’s a waste of time to let him prove he’s innocent? My 16 years was less important than 2 or 3 days of the attorney general’s time.”      source
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The Changing World Order
Why Nations Succeed and Fail
Ray Dalio - 2020-11-24
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Principles and legendary investor Ray Dalio, who has spent half a century studying global markets, The Changing World Order examines history’s most turbulent economic and political periods to reveal why the times ahead will likely be radically different from those we’ve experienced in our lifetimes. ...
Greg Sankey
2022-06-27T17:14:43.000Z
Summer reading book #5 is THE CHANGING WORLD ORDER by @RayDalio. The full title: Principles for Dealing with The Changing World Order—Why Nations Succeed and Fail. This is the second Dalio book I have read, the first being Principles: Life and Work…both have been worth reading.      source
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Changpeng Zhao
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Once an Eagle
Anton Myrer - 2013-03-12 (first published in 1968)
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Once An Eagle is the story of one special man, a soldier named Sam Damon, and his adversary over a lifetime, fellow officer Courtney Massengale. Damon is a professional who puts duty, honor, and the men he commands above self interest. Massengale, however, brilliantly advances by making the right connections behind the lines and in Washington's cor...
Greg Sankey
2022-06-15T14:31:06.000Z
More from ONCE AN EAGLE by Anton Myrer…I purchased this book while visiting the @ArmyWarCollege “You can’t help what you were born and you may not have much to say about where you die, but you can and you should try to pass the days in between as a good man.”      source
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Alpha by David Philipps
No Ordinary Dog by Will Chesney
Great at Work by Morten T. Hansen
Never Settle by Marty Smith
What to Do When Things Go Wrong by Frank Supovitz
The Immortal Irishman by Timothy Egan
Leadership Pain by Samuel Chand
Strength to Love by Martin Luther King Jr