📚 5 Books mentioned in "Los Angeles Rams GM Les Snead on Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing" of The Daily Stoic
Podcast: The Daily Stoic
Episode: Los Angeles Rams GM Les Snead on Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing
Published on January 10, 2022
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!
Atlas Shrugged
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So it took me two summers to just finish this summer for the first time because I didn't read it before—Atlas Shrugged. Yeah, so I mean you're a thousand something pages into a pretty—what did you think?
Les Snead reflects on finally completing Ayn Rand's 'Atlas Shrugged' after it took him two summers to read. The host prompts him for his thoughts on the book.
Grit
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You should probably read Angela Duckworth's book, *Grit*, if you're going to take on that challenge because there are going to be headwinds and hopefully just hills to climb and not mountains. That must have been part of your experience, right?
In this segment, the host suggests that Angela Duckworth's book, 'Grit,' is a valuable resource for tackling the challenges that Les Snead has encountered as a general manager.
Lyle Family
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It’s one of the greatest nonfiction books of all time, and I had him on the podcast. Did you read his book, *The Perfect Pass*? I did not. He wrote this book that I never thought about, which explains the invention of the passing game in football.
During the podcast, the host inquires whether Les Snead has read Essie Gwynne's book 'The Perfect Pass,' which delves into the development of the passing game in football.
Meditations
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In Meditations, Marcus Aurelius talks about how people who love what they do wear themselves down doing it. You have to love what you do; I love writing, clearly you love football.
The host references Marcus Aurelius' book 'Meditations' while discussing the importance of loving one's work and the risk of burnout. He contrasts his passion for writing with Les Snead's passion for football.
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Sports have been relatively late to adopt this idea; I have a chapter about load management in the book I'm working on right now.
The host refers to the book he is currently writing, which includes a chapter that discusses load management issues within the realm of sports.