Overview & Final Thoughts — An Expanded Review of Justin Baldoni’s ‘Man Enough’

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Reading this book was, in some ways, a predictable experience. Since I was so accustomed to hearing the narrative style and values-based voice of Justin Baldoni from his extended string of appearances last year on The Talk, I sort of had an idea of what to expect. And a lot of the types of things I’d anticipated he’d say…he did, indeed, say.

Sometimes with my emphatic agreement. Other times, with critical protest from me.

To unpack the experience, I want to do a broad-based recap of what I learned from reading this book…and the value (or lack thereof) I got out of each chapter.

This is Part 11 of an eleven-part series examining Baldoni’s book.

Part 10 can be viewed HERE.

ACKNOWLEGEMENTS

First, he asks us to acknowledge all the people in our individual lives who’ve helped to steer us along and influence us in attaining whatever level of success we’ve experienced. His wife, parents, and sister are the top recipients of his accolades, here.

Baldoni also addresses specific qualities contributed, individually, from friends, his editor, his agent, his podcast cohosts, his Wayferer colleagues, his academic contacts, and the publication team at HarperOne…