I like many others listened to the speech Dr. Rigsby gave before reading the book. What I found interesting was that Dr. Rigsby wrote a book about common sense that has failed in the current generations. The book spoke on lessons and understandings that I was raised on as well though I was an 80s child. Perhaps because my upbringing happened in Eastern Europe is why at 35, I connect with the older generations more then the younger ones. Knowing the value of hard work. The only real downside to the book was that it wasn’t written as a story but as a speech. And speeches are hard to really penetrate in book form. I would have wished for this book to really go into his background with his father maybe even chronologically as opposed to jumping from different timelines. But that’s just a personal preference. Would recommend for anyone to read.