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45 : Barrack Obama – What we can learn from a President

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In this week's episode we discuss Obama's memoir about his first term in office as president of the United States.

Today’s episode is inspired by Book A Promised Land by Barrack Obama.

  • [00:00] Introduction: Amazon letters
  • [01:30] Segment story by Ryan
  • [07:15] Overview: Promised Land
  • [17:15] B. Obama’s Biography
  • [28:06] Obama’s quote that sums up his life
  • [34:00] Highlights from the book, Promised Land
  • [42:20] Starting of B. Obama’s political race
  • [46:00] B. Obama and the Israeli-Palestine conflict
  • [51:00] When Nassim Taleb classifies himself as a communist
  • [57:26] B. Obama's Top Habits
  • [1:06:00] Presumptions and criticisms on B. Obama’s term
  • [1:16:30] Takeaways in Promised Land book
  • [1:22:50] Closing quote

    • 2016 Barrack Obama speech in National Convention -> https://youtu.be/ueMNqdB1QIE

    As with each episode, we pluck out what most resonated from the Book and how we would like to bring it into our lives.

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