Redneck Resilience

This is a great book about James‘s growing up in Laurel Mississippi and ultimately leaving there to build a life with integrity and all the lessons he learned in the small town from which he came. It is true that everyone has a story in this story is about James Harold Webb but could be about anyone and how the lessons we learn when we’re little or ultimately what helps us make decisions later in life. I found Mr. Webb’s biography very interesting not just because I didn’t know where Laurel Mississippi was but because he has let up very interesting life unlike most biographies this one isn’t written to tell you about what a great person James Harold web is but the kind of person he is he doesn’t pat his cell phone the bath throughout the book the lays down the facts and tells you the stories whether funny or sad and let you be the judge I really appreciated that about this book and I am so glad I read it. I don’t read many biographies nor do I like most of the ones I read but I did like this one and highly recommend it. I received this book from NetGalley and the publisher but I am leaving this review voluntarily please forgive any mistakes as I am blind and dictate my review.

James Harold Webb’s book Redneck Resilience was an advice book tied up like a memoir. James writes about his humble beginnings in rural Mississippi, starting with nothing and becoming an X-ray tech, making against the odds. Throughout his life, he made friends along the way. He writes that he became successful, not because of skill or intelligence, but because of resilience and the willingness to work hard at things and not give up.

Each chapter has a “moral” written at the end, or its “Redneck Recap”. It seems like life advice maybe more for his children, but not harmful for others to read and live by. Things like “never compromise your principles” and “take the risk when opportunities present themselves” are always good advice. He has make a prosperous life and wants to share the wealth, so to speak.

The book is a fairly quick read and describes a life full of mistakes but no reason to regret them. Webb seems to say, learn from them, work hard and never give up and you will go far. I do think the use of “Redneck” could be offensive to some people, but I guess as the saying goes, it takes one to know one, and he is not being disrespectful, but making a point that our lives are not predetermined and we have the power to change things.

This book reads lime a textbook on how to succeed in business, as well as how to succeed in life. It is an easy read. I recommend it.