Summary Of The Book 'How To Grow From No' By Bennie Lambert

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In the book “How to grow from no”, I discovered that the main character Bennie Lambert has had many experiences that are relatable in addition to his discovery of many educational lessons that he gained from them. He also displayed how having a supporting family could get you extremely far in life. As you continue reading, you will be provided with a brief overview of this story, in addition to the beneficial lessons that I would personally find appropriate to keep in mind as far as my my life journey.

Prior to the beginning of the book, Bennie provides the reader with an overview of his life experiences when he was younger. He discussed how him and his sister constantly received attention and love from their family as they engaged in many fun activities such as Pee Wee football and YMCA basketball. Even at that time, his family made it a must to constantly make sure that they were always present, and was able to do their best at every activity in which they participated. Bennie’s parents wanted him and his sister to live the successful lives that they didn 't get the opportunity to live themselves. So they
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He ended up making great grades in addition to him staying after school to achieve these grades and soon discovered that he earned more than 60 transferable college-credit hours, which made him eligible to get accepted to his dream school (Baylor University). He initially thought that he was back on track in order to become a football player like he always wanted, but he was wrong.

When he joined the football team, he was given the position of a running back just like his Dallas Cowboy’s hero. This then lead to a tragic occurrence because he explains in the book how on the second day of practice, he was tackled hard by future NFL-Hall-of -Famer, Mike Singletary. This helped him to figure out that he needed yet another change in his career

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