Playing for Keeps
Book description
In Playing for Keeps, David Halberstam takes the first full measure of Michael Jordan's epic career, one of the great American stories of our time. A narrative of astonishing power and human drama, brimming with revealing anecdotes and penetrating insights, the book chronicles the forces in Jordan's life that have…
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I’ve drawn a lot of inspiration from David Halberstam’s sports books over the years.
Here, Halberstam uses Michael Jordan’s talent and relentless drive to frame a story of how sports both reflects and shapes culture. I grew up in this era—the 1980s/90s NBA—and I relive it each time I re-read Playing for Keeps (every few years, including this past). Halberstam’s prose hits me just right and captures beautifully what I saw and experienced in real time.
Playing for Keeps is also a study of leadership—how teams maximize their individual talents toward group achievement, a frame that comes in…
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