Unfinished business from 2024 😁 I made a committment to you to share the books I was reading and I was going to share at least 12 books. Well, I stopped at 10. So here’s book number 11, I read it in November but didn’t get around to posting my review. The original plan was for me review it at the launch but I lost someone I love in December and just didn’t have the energy to do any public speaking since. Similarly it’s taken me a while to start writing. I’ve slowly found my way back to reading and writing so here’s the review of #book11of12for2024. I’ll continue the count to 24. Book Title: Between A Rock and Hard Place by Terry Mante. I first listened to the book using the content speak feature on my phone. It’s a fifty-one page book so I was able to complete it on my 18KM commute to work. Terry sent me a PDF before I got the hard copy. When I received it, I read it again. It’s a book you can complete in one sitting. There are five chapters and the first chapter opens up with Robert Frost’s 1915 poem - “The Road Not Taken”. The peom’s essence was my biggest take away from the book. It ends with the lines, “Two roads diverged in a wood and I, I took the one less travelled and that has made all the difference”. Terry’s book is about decision making. By starting with a poem as old as Robert Frost’s, Terry piqued my interest. Poetry is my genre of “initiation”. In Chapter 2, the author poses a deep existential question “do human beings have a destiny?” For a moment, my mind went back to my Philosphy class from my undergrad years but the author quickly jettisoned me out of there and answered the question with a cogent argument from the Christian Bible. He quotes Genesis 1:26-28 capturing the “dominion mandate”. His conclusion? Destiny is a matter of choice. The author is a business consultant and his style of writing reflects this. He uses case studies to drive home his ideas, drawing from both the Christian Bible and contemporary examples like Oprah, Mandela and Apple. He signed off with a charge to his readers “may our choices build a future marked by resilence, purpose and lasting impact” No, I cannot spill all the juice. You should get a copy. I’m currently reading a 537 page book 😅that Kwaku Edem Damanka (MPhil HR) gifted me - “A Lineage of Grace” by Francine Rivers. What are you reading? #readingwithrocky #book11of24