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Sports Motivation Podcast

Books and Bars: The joy that comes from decisiveness and commitment Ft. Tom Monaghan

Sports Motivation Podcast

Niyi Sobo

Sports, Business

4.9767 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2018

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

This is an excerpt from billionaire Tom Monaghan, the founder of Domino's Pizza and an absolute beast in business. If you think commitment is scary, he shows you how it actually is one of the most freeing experiences you can have.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Sports Motivation podcast.

0:02.0

This is your host, Nees Showbo.

0:03.5

Today is Books and Bars.

0:05.0

I'm breaking down a book today.

0:06.7

Books and Bars is a special episode that I decided to add to the lineup,

0:11.5

sports motivation podcast lineup.

0:14.0

And you guys know I love to read books.

0:16.9

I love music as well.

0:17.9

So I thought I would break down bars from my favorite songs, rap songs, as well as excerpts from my favorite books. As I read, I want to share with you. I learn a lot, actually, quite frankly, by teaching and sharing with others. And so this is helpful for me as well. So this book that I'm breaking down today is called Pizza Tiger.

0:39.4

I think it's a horrible title, but it's a book written by Tom Monaghan. And Tom Monaghan is someone who

0:48.2

obviously, or not obviously to you, maybe I didn't know who he was before I read this book.

0:57.3

But I found out because I decided to spend the first quarter of this year studying billionaires. And so I bought every book

1:03.8

from a billionaire that I can get my hands on. I still got more on the way. There's a lot more

1:08.4

than I thought. And one of them was Pizza Tiger by Tom

1:12.4

Monaghan. And as the name of this book points out, he is the founder of Domino's Pizza, as well as he

1:24.0

was the owner of the Detroit Tigers. So needless to say, this dude is very financially

1:29.6

successful and has created a huge movement. Domino's is one of the biggest brands in America.

1:39.2

Certainly when it comes to pizza, I would argue it's probably the number one most known.

1:43.5

I'm not going to say the best

1:44.5

pizza, but obviously a very, very well-known brand and a brand that has built a lot of success

1:51.2

for a lot of people, right? And so I just want to give you like a little background. It's

1:57.6

actually a really good book. He's a super practical dude, very, very disciplined guy. But he talked

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