True Gretch What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between

I just read her book when we're on our plane by the way, and it's actually a really interesting read and it's very digestible.

She's also the author of a new book, True Gretsch, which is now a New York Times bestseller.

She's also the author of a new book, True Gretch, which is now a New York Times bestseller.

In the book, you tell a story about how that slogan came about.

In the book, I quote Ted Lasso, who incorrectly quotes Walt Whitman, but be curious, not judgmental essentially is one of the important lessons that I live by and that I like try to comport myself by every single day.

One of the nicknames I've earned over the last few years is Big Gretch.

It is even the meanest person might have pretty eyes.

They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

I think it's showing up. You know, I know that I don't have every person's lived experience. I'm learning when I'm asking, what can I do that'll make your life better?

Fix the damn roads was the initial response and that's why I'm so focused on this.

One of the nicknames I've earned over the last few years is big grudge.

during covid, you know when donald trump turned his ire to me because I observe there was not a national strategy when he told us. He's not a shipping clerk. We need to go find masks ourselves

Someone on my staff said you know that people are starting to call you big grudge, right? And I was like, What is this?

On page two, the second page of your book you talk about your grandmother nino, and how she said always look for the positive in people and I love this quote: It is even the meanest person might have pretty eyes.

I love the audio version as well. There's a lot of humor and it just comes naturally for you.

It's a quick read to us only like 187 pages

It's called "True Gretch," what I've learned about life, leadership, and everything in between

Yeah, you know, shallow means one of the things that I get asked the most, whether I'm traveling across Michigan or outside of Michigan, is how do I stay positive?

And so this book really is that, it is um kind of a handbook, 10 things I've learned in my life at different times in my life that I have used in situations that I've had to navigate as governor

Maybe you can get a laugh at my expense about the drinking or knocking my teeth out, I talk about that in the book, too.

So this book really is that it is kind of a handbook. Ten things I've learned in my life at different times in my life that I have used in situation that that I've had to navigate as governor.

And, you know, I want to give people maybe you can get a laugh at my expense about the drinking or knocking my teeth out. I talk about that in the book, too.

Maybe there's a lesson that'll give someone some inspiration when they're navigating a hard time, whether it's in the workplace or in their private life, or maybe it's just a little light reading.

I like that you kept it short and it's an easy read.

And I tell the story in the book, you know, I was running for governor the first time in 2000.

I'm rocking with Big Gretchen. Yeah, I like I like Governor Whitmer too. I read her book and that's I like her and we had her up here and we had a conversation with her. I think she's dope.