![]() Join your host, Sean Murray on a journey for the life well-lived.Įlizabeth Samet, welcome back to The Good Life. You’re listening to The Good Life by The Investor’s Podcast Network, where we explore the ideas, principles and values that help you live a meaningful, purposeful life. ![]() I hope you enjoy my conversation with Elizabeth as much as I did. This episode is full of incredible stories and fun lessons. The views Elizabeth Samet expresses do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Army, the Department of Defense or of the US Government. As we learn about Grant, we will be drying out leadership and life lessons that we can apply to our own lives. He leads that army to victory in a brilliant campaign.Įlizabeth Samet is an excellent storyteller. He goes from being a destitute shopkeeper in his father’s leather goods store, to being the commanding general of the Union Army during the Civil War. Grant’s life is a compelling narrative with significant highs and lows. ![]() Today’s discussion will largely be about this incredible work. She has a new book out, “The Annotated Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. She is a professor of literature at West Point. We strive to be as accurate as possible, but minor errors and slightly off timestamps may be present due to platform differences. Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsorsĭisclaimer: The transcript that follows has been generated using artificial intelligence.Plus, get a $100 Amazon.ca gift card at your closing Get the most competitive rate if you’re looking to get a mortgage or refinance in Canada with Breezeful.Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review! It takes less than 30 seconds and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it! BOOKS AND RESOURCES The importance of making decisions with the information you have.Why writing style – to write so plainly that you can never be misunderstood – can help your career.How remaining calm under pressure can have a dramatic impact on your leadership and investments.How a unique mix of humility and confidence can drive your career.Why moral courage is so important to leadership.The importance of bouncing back from setbacks in life.Grant’s family, who received seventy-five percent of the royalties, quickly re-established their fortune, receiving nearly a half million dollars from the book. Thousands of war veterans and their families made a ready market for the book. His Memoirs were a financial and critical success. Gertrude Stein admired the book and said that she could not think of Grant without weeping. Clemens compared the book to Julius Caesar’s Commentaries. Grant’s style was straightforward and compelling. Still considered among the greatest of military memoirs, the two volume set became an immediate bestseller, praised for its high literary qualities. The memoirs focused almost entirely on the old general’s actions during the war. For Clemens, witnessing the tenacity of the dying man, Grant became, once more, a heroic figure. In the last month of his life, Grant struggled to dictate his notes to a stenographer and managed to finish his memoirs shortly before his death. Samuel Clemens, whose pen name was Mark Twain, served as his editor. He needed the money to try to secure an economically stable future for his family. Grant, Union hero of the American Civil War, agreed to publish his memoirs. Politics did not enter into the matter at all.”Īn ineffectual, if not disastrous, president, ruined by bankruptcy after being defrauded of his estate, and dying of throat cancer, Ulysses S. They came from individual citizens of all nationalieties from all denominations - the Protestant, the Catholic, and the Jew and from the various societies of the land - scientific, educational, religious, or otherwise. “‘Let us have peace.’ The expressions of these kindly feelings were not restricted to a section of the country, nor to a division of the people. ![]()
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