In the Long Run: A Father, a Son, and Unintentional Lessons in Happiness
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (738 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B006OHUJUE |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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“A raw, penetrating and deeply moving look at the impact of fathers on their sons, the price of ambition, and the pressures on those in the professional world that lead to a false definition of success.” —John Ward, Huffington Post
NY musician said A deeply satisfying read by the well-known CBS National Correspondent. In the Long Run is one of those rare memoirs that offers the reader the satisfaction of traveling along with a very engaging writer as he takes stock of his life, and finds the answers to the questions that many of us have. Who am I, and how the heck did I manage to get as bungled up as I find myself to be in the middle of my life? Jim Axelrod's story skillfully weaves together the threads of his life as a father and husband, son of a charismatic but enigmatic man, television reporter, and asp. BradleySBarth said The Things We Think but Do Not Say. I picked up this book because it resonated with me on many levels: I am training for my first marathon. My father died relatively young. I had a career change that rocked my professional life as well. I am also a father raising a family and care about their future happiness and well being. But, I enjoyed this book for not only the things the author and I had in common but for HOW it was written. Funny, self-deprecating, honest and without ego - this must have been a tough one to put out there . Excellent A great read - very hard to put down! In the Long Run is an excellent, extremely thoughtful and engaging memoir about family, work/life balance, broadcast journalism, and running. Jim Axelrod's simultaneous struggle to come to grips with his dad's memory, and to balance career and family, gain control over his own physical and mental well-being, train for the NYC Marathon, and deal with the ups and downs of the broadcast journalism profession at a time when network news faces serious challenge
He’s drinking too much, sleeping too little, and scarcely seeing his family. He’s just figured out that the industry that pulled him up the corporate ladder is imploding as he’s reaching for its final rungs. Along the way, Jim confronts his listing marriage, a career upset by the seismic changes going on throughout the television news industry, excruciatingly painful shin splints, and the worst-timed kidney stone possible. With everything else going on in his life, Jim sets himself a defining challenge: “Can I beat him?” So begins a deeply felt, often hilarious, quixotic effort to run the 2009 New York Marathon. Most fundamentally, though, it is a book about learning what it takes to be happy in your own skin.. He’s forty-five years old and thirty pounds overweight. At forty-six, Bob Axelrod ran a 3:29:58. Then, out of the blue, Jim discovers his late father’s decades-old New York Marathon finish times. It’s 2008. Jim Axelrod—once among the most watched correspondents on networ