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The Ride of a Lifetime Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company

Robert Iger

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Iger discusses leadership during times of crisis and transformation, drawing on his decades of experience at Disney and insights from other leaders. He emphasizes the importance of empathy, courage, and balancing optimism with realism.

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I'm writing another book.

— Episode: Bob Iger at Code 2022

Episode: Bob Iger at Code 2022

Iger discusses leadership during times of crisis and transformation, drawing on his decades of experience at Disney and insights from other leaders. He emphasizes the importance of empathy, courage, and balancing optimism with realism.

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I'm writing another book.

What is this book about? Leadership.

I was fascinated watching the world during COVID at how leaders were managing during this incredible crisis.

It takes a lot of empathy and a lot of courage. You have to put yourself in everybody else's shoes and really know what they're feeling.

You have to very carefully balance optimism with realism, making sure that you don't in any way kill people's hope or douse it at all, but also making sure you're preparing people for the worst.

The Jordan Harbinger Show

It was mentioned that Bob Iger, CEO of Disney, recently wrote a book called 'The Ride of a Lifetime'.

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Bob Eiger interesting guy he's really a company he's very very accomplished yeah accomplish you can be yeah I mean he's the chairman of Disney or the president of the no chairman CEO Disney and he has...

— Episode: 267: Brian Grazer | The Art of Human Con...

Episode: 267: Brian Grazer | The Art of Human Connection

It was mentioned that Bob Iger, CEO of Disney, recently wrote a book called 'The Ride of a Lifetime'.

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Bob Eiger interesting guy he's really a company he's very very accomplished yeah accomplish you can be yeah I mean he's the chairman of Disney or the president of the no chairman CEO Disney and he has been he just wrote a book himself called right of a lifetime I'm now selling his book

Episode: 267: Brian Grazer | The Art of Human Connection

Bob Iger's book, 'Right of a Lifetime', was discussed in the context of it being a recent release and was also mentioned in relation to Brian Grazer's own book.

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he just wrote a book himself called Right of a Lifetime

Episode: 267: Brian Grazer | The Art of Human Connection

It was mentioned briefly that Bob Iger had written a book, which was released around the same time as Brian Grazer's book, and was being sold.

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he just wrote a book himself called right of a lifetime I'm now selling his book

The Daily Stoic

This book is cited as an example of a book that uses a compelling story to engage readers; the anecdote of a five-year-old child being attacked by an alligator at a Disney World hotel is mentioned as a powerful opening that draws readers in.

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perfect example of this in a book is Bob Eiger's book the right of a lifetime he's the CEO of Disney and he's like his book could have been like corporate management philosophies anyway sold a couple...

— Episode: Morgan Housel on Building Wealth and Hap...

Episode: Morgan Housel on Building Wealth and Happiness

This book is cited as an example of a book that uses a compelling story to engage readers; the anecdote of a five-year-old child being attacked by an alligator at a Disney World hotel is mentioned as a powerful opening that draws readers in.

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perfect example of this in a book is Bob Eiger's book the right of a lifetime he's the CEO of Disney and he's like his book could have been like corporate management philosophies anyway sold a couple the couple thousand copies instead the book starts with a story a true story of a five-year-old kid being eaten by an alligator at a Disney world hotel

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