Facing the responsibilities of a job and your co-workers can be a challenge when dealing with a serious illness in the family. This situation is made harder when you’re the Vice President and the co-worker is one of the most powerful men in America
In my reading of the book today, Joe speaks more about Obama than his son Beau’s illness. But just because his work is distracting him from his issues, doesn’t mean the issues of his boss and his country can be forgotten as well.
Joe uses the skills and mentality he has developed with Beau and his time in government to give advice to Obama. The two talk about how important hope is, and how to give others hope, you must give it out yourself.
In politics, anger and frustration come with every new challenge or problem. When you work closely together on some of the worlds most complicated issues, like Joe and Obama, you’re bound to clash. This happens with Joe and Obama, but the unwavering respect they have for each other keeps them off Twitter and into a daily private meeting where they talk out issues, like men.
The ideas of perseverance are incredibly present in the book. The dynamics of balancing sickness and political changes that can impact the world tend to weigh down on people. Joe talks about the sometimes hopeless nature of the people around him politically and his family, both which rely on him to persevere and keep the ship sailing.
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