Thursday, February 16, 2012

Mitch Albom: A Man with Great Heart


Mitch Albom has an impressive repertoire of talents – from sport writing to writing novels to being proficient in piano.

He has his own website for his fans. The homepage has links that splits to three different aspects of Mitch’s life: His books, philanthropy work, and to his sport blogs. This organizational allows people to discover not only Mitch’s interests, but also who he is as an individual.

I have decided to research more about to Mitch because many things he is interested in I can relate to. I love the fact that his novels strongly revolve around the theme of living life to it’s fullest and having a positive impact on others lives. His dedication to charity work (he founded four different charities in the Detroit, Michigan region where he currently resides) impresses me hugely. He has the amazing opportunity to be able to help  others and is doing so in the fullest. Furthermore, sports is a huge passion of mine so It will be interesting reading his sports blogs, analyzing specific patterns in his journalism.

I plan to read the novel “Tuesdays with Morrie” in order to get a greater grasp of his novelist abilities. Plus, the concept of the book interests me the most. Being able to continue to live life positively and make an impact when staring death in the face.

Two sport blogs of his that I came across and interested me. One, talks of how timeouts in college basketball dulls the action at the end of games (here) and the other discusses how last year even though the Miami Heat lost to the Dallas Maverics in the finals it seems most of the media was focusing on Miami’s inability to win rather than the Maverics great victory (here).

I am excited to research more on Albom. Expect more blog posts about him soon!

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