Wake Up with Purpose!
What I’ve Learned in My First Hundred Years
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Narrated by:
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Devon O'day
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Sister Jean Delores Schmidt
About this listen
Known to millions as simply "Sister Jean," the Loyola Chicago matriarch and college basketball icon invites you into her remarkable memoir filled with history, wonder, and common-sense wisdom for this century and beyond. As Sister Jean wisely says, "I've seen so many changes in the last 102 years, but the important things remain the same."
Part life story, part philosophy text, and part spiritual guide, Sister Jean's wit, wisdom, and common sense has broad appeal and application that transcends religious creed, belief, and even feelings on Loyola's basketball team.
Along with her collaborator Seth Davis, an award-winning writer, broadcaster and New York Times best-selling author, Wake Up with Purpose! lets you experience:
- Sister Jean's words and her spirit.
- her sharp sense of humor.
- life lessons gleaned from one hundred years of living.
- universal themes that connect us all.
- priceless wisdom.
The driving force inside Wake Up with Purpose! is the narrative of Sister Jean's fascinating life—from teaching at a Catholic school during the Second World War to serving on a Chicago college campus in the sixties and beyond to cheering from the sidelines of a men's basketball tournament in March 2018.
As you learn about Sister Jean's century-long life, you'll feel just like the Loyola students do when they knock on her office door, plop down in a chair, and ask if she would have time to chat, an activity that she still does daily.
©2023 Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt and Seth Davis (P)2023 Harper SelectListeners also enjoyed...
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Kenny Smith was a star at the University of North Carolina before his storied NBA run, in which he won two championships with the Houston Rockets. His popularity skyrocketed when he joined TNT’s new show, Inside the NBA, which has thrived for twenty-four years and won multiple Emmys, receiving enormous acclaim for the insight, humor, social commentary, and unrivaled basketball coverage from Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, and Ernie Johnson, Jr. Kenny is known to fans for his laser-sharp analysis and eloquent observations of the basketball scene and culture.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great book. Is heavy on racial topics, but appropriate
- By Mathias Noriega on 07-09-23
By: Kenny Smith
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No Excuses
- Growing Up Deaf and Achieving My Super Bowl Dreams
- By: Marcus Brotherton, Derrick Coleman Jr.
- Narrated by: Sean Crisden
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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In this inspirational memoir, Derrick Coleman, Jr., the Seattle Seahawks fullback who won the 2014 Super Bowl with the Seahawks in his second year in the NFL, relates his inspirational story of hard work and determination in his own words. Showcasing his unlikely and challenging journey to become the first deaf athlete to play offense in the NFL, he talks about overcoming internal and external obstacles in the course of reaching your true potential.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Inspirational & honest!
- By Kari Piazza on 04-24-17
By: Marcus Brotherton, and others
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Uncommon Marriage
- Learning About Lasting Love and Overcoming Life's Obstacles Together
- By: Tony Dungy, Lauren Dungy, Nathan Whitaker
- Narrated by: Tony Dungy, Lauren Dungy
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Tony and Lauren Dungy have together known the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. They fell in love, built a family, and made sports history when Tony became the first African-American head coach to win the Super Bowl. Yet they've also gone through difficult, relationship-testing setbacks, including job loss and devastating personal tragedy. In a culture where it seems harder and harder to make marriage last, what has kept the Dungys strong through it all?
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5 out of 5 stars
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WOW!
- By js on 07-19-17
By: Tony Dungy, and others
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Surround Yourself with Greatness
- By: Chad Lewis
- Narrated by: Chad Lewis
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Surround Yourself with Greatness takes listeners around the world while looking through the eyes, mind, and heart of Chad Lewis - a once freckle-faced, four-eyed, skinny teenager who at an early age wrote in his journal, “My goal and quest is to surround myself with greatness...only greatness will penetrate the walls of my heart.”
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5 out of 5 stars
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Chad Lewis is an inspiration
- By J.B. on 02-19-23
By: Chad Lewis
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Straight Shooter
- A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes
- By: Stephen A. Smith
- Narrated by: Stephen A. Smith
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Stephen A. Smith has never been handed anything, nor was he an overnight success. Growing up poor in Queens, the son of Caribbean immigrants and the youngest of six children, he was a sports-obsessed kid who faced struggles, from undiagnosed dyslexia to getting enough cereal to fill his bowl. As a basketball player at Winston-Salem State University, he got a glimmer of his true calling when he wrote a newspaper column arguing for the retirement of his own Hall of Fame coach, Clarence Gaines.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Trash🗑
- By Maurice Davis on 01-25-23
By: Stephen A. Smith
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Love and Justice
- By: Jonathan Irons, Maya Moore Irons, Bryan Stevenson - foreword, and others
- Narrated by: Jonathan Irons, Maya Moore Irons
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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In the tradition of Just Mercy, an inspirational memoir by WNBA star Maya Moore Irons and her husband, Jonathan Irons, who she helped free from a wrongful conviction.
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Storytelling
- By Lydia Neto on 10-26-24
By: Jonathan Irons, and others
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Rudy
- My Story
- By: Rudy Ruettiger
- Narrated by: Daniel Butler
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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How does a lower middle class kid, who suffered through school with undiagnosed dyslexia, get into Notre Dame and become the inspiration for millions in a Hollywood film that has become one of the most inspiring sport movies ever made? He never gave up. For the first time, read Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger's real life story and learn the behind-the-scenes details of the ten years it took to make the movie and how that tossed him into a new career of public speaking that continues on stages today alongside world-class leaders and speakers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The rest of the story...
- By Deidre on 09-19-12
By: Rudy Ruettiger
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Got to Give the People What They Want
- True Stories and Flagrant Opinions from Center Court
- By: Jalen Rose
- Narrated by: Jalen Rose
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Jalen Rose has never been quiet. Not as a kid growing up in Detroit in the '70s and '80s. Not as the brash, trash-talking leader of the legendary "Fab Five" at the University of Michigan. Not as the player under the stewardship of Hall of Famers Larry Bird, Isiah Thomas, and others throughout his 13-year NBA career. And certainly not as a commentator and analyst on ABC/ESPN and Grantland.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing book - a MUST download / read
- By Terry on 10-08-15
By: Jalen Rose
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Let's Roll!
- By: Lisa Beamer, Ken Abraham - contributor
- Narrated by: Lisa Helm
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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On September 11, 2001, Lisa Beamer was thrust into the national spotlight after her husband, Todd, became an American hero by preventing terrorist hijackers from almost certainly flying United Flight 93 into the White House or the United States Capitol. Instead, Todd led a group of passengers to resist the hijackers, forcing the plane to crash into a Pennsylvania field. Todd and the other heroes of Flight 93 gave their lives so that untold others would be spared. Nothing could be more heroic. Lisa is now telling that story, and much more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Inspiring book. I couldn't put it down.
- By Sam on 09-13-03
By: Lisa Beamer, and others
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Paterno
- By: Joe Posnanski
- Narrated by: Joe Mantegna
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Joe Posnanski's biography of the late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno follows in the tradition of works by Richard Ben Cramer on Joe DiMaggio and David Maraniss on Vince Lombardi. Having gained unprecedented access to Paterno, as well as the coach's personal notes and files, Posnanski spent the last two years of Paterno's life covering the coach, on (and off) the field and through the scandal that ended Paterno's legendary career.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WoWoWoWoW
- By JA Hartman on 08-27-12
By: Joe Posnanski
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Fear Is a Choice
- Tackling Life's Challenges with Dignity, Faith, and Determination
- By: James Conner, Tiffany Yecke Brooks
- Narrated by: David Sadzin
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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From fighting for his life to pursuing a career in the NFL, ACC Player of the Year and star Pittsburgh Steelers running back James Conner shares how his choice to not fear the unknown made all the difference in his extraordinary journey. In Fear Is a Choice, James candidly shares his experiences during his battle with cancer and beyond, encouraging listeners and illustrating the spiritual truths and personal principles that got him through his darkest days.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Inspiring story of perseverance
- By Jjj on 04-27-24
By: James Conner, and others
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A Game Plan For Life: The Power of Mentoring
- By: John Wooden, Don Yeager, John Maxwelll
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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After eight books, many of them best sellers, A Game Plan for Life is the one closest to John Woodens heart: a moving and inspirational guide to the power of mentorship. The first half focuses on the people who helped foster the values that carried Wooden through an incredibly successful and famously principled career, including his college coach, his wife, Abraham Lincoln, and Mother Teresa.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great!
- By David on 04-01-15
By: John Wooden, and others
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From the Outside
- My Journey Through Life and the Game I Love
- By: Ray Allen, Michael Arkush
- Narrated by: J.D. Jackson
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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The record-holding two-time National Basketball Association champion reflects on his work ethic, his on-the-court friendships and rivalries, the great teams he's played for, and what it takes to have a long and successful career in this thoughtful, in-depth memoir. Playing in the NBA for 18 years, Ray Allen won championships with the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat and entered the record books as the original king of the three-point shot. Known as one of the hardest-working and highest-achieving players in NBA history, he was legendary for his sharp shooting.
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3 out of 5 stars
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It wasn't bad, but I thought it would be better
- By Amazon Customer on 07-30-18
By: Ray Allen, and others
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Overtime
- Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines at the Crossroads of College Football
- By: John U. Bacon
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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For the past year, John U. Bacon has received unprecedented access to Jim Harbaugh’s University of Michigan football team: coaches, players, and staffers, in closed-door meetings, locker rooms, meals, and classes. Overtime captures this storied program at the crossroads, as the sport’s winningest team battles to reclaim its former glory. But what if the price of success today comes at the cost of your soul? Do you pay it, or compete without compromising?
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good story.... but
- By Amazon Customer on 10-07-19
By: John U. Bacon
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Empower
- Conquering the Disease of Fear
- By: Tareq Azim, Seth Davis
- Narrated by: Tareq Azim, Cary Hite - Introduction
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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From finding common ground with warlords, introducing the Taliban to change, and working with NFL greats such as Marshawn Lynch, this uplifting memoir and “study of resilience” (General Paul Selva, United States Air Force) from coach and personal development expert, Tareq Azim, will help you build a relationship with fear and embrace your own power.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beyond Proud.
- By Sophia A. on 09-12-24
By: Tareq Azim, and others
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- Michael & Cora
- 11-28-23
Great Inspiration
Interesting memoir of a 103 year old nun. I think if ANYONE lives to be at least 100, they should all write a book and we should all read it. In Sister Jean's case, I think part of her "secret to longevity" is that she has a positive attitude, she is adaptable to whatever circumstance or position she is assigned, she surrounds herself with and interacts with youth, she progresses with technology rather than fight it. Of course, we could all probably add a few decades on to our life if we didn't have children/spouses (I don't mean that in a negative way-just that she had one thing to focus on; serving God).
I didn't agree with her politics that she implemented in the last few chapters, but when you are 103 years old, you have earned the right to share your beliefs with everyone (even if it's championing BLM). I highly recommend this book for anyone striving to live a long fruitful life. We need to listen to everyone who has attained just that.
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- Jen Tabe
- 05-18-23
Heart warming and encouraging!
Thank you, Sister Jean! Your book brought me lots of smiles and joy. May God continue to bless your life.
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- Mary
- 03-27-23
Get to know an icon.
Enjoyable life story that covers sooo much history. We can all certainly profit from her example.
Well written and read.
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- jellybean
- 03-29-23
wake up with purpose
Loved everything about this book. What a life. what an inspiration to all of us.
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- Bessyrose
- 04-22-23
A Relaxing. light read
I enjoyed listening to this story with a little laughter and the golden rule shared in so many Ways!
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- Angela
- 06-21-23
Go ramblers
Wonderful story I enjoyed it very much
Sister Jean is an inspiration to us all on how to live our life with purpose
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- Amyzngraz
- 03-31-23
definitely a feel-good book
I enjoyed it from the beginning to the end. after having read it. I wish I had the pleasure of Sister Jean!
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- Kathleen Crippen
- 03-31-23
Beautiful Read
Sister Jean has experienced an amazing life and is an example to us all on how to share God’s love with one another. It will remind you how important it can be to live a purpose filled life.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-16-23
An easy listen
Nice story of belief and humility
How wonderful to be so sharp and active at 100+
Keep it up, the young people need you
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- Suzanne
- 05-14-23
Inspirational
This was a wonderful read! Not only is it about a 103 year old Catholic Sister and her life, but a woman, teacher, coach, basketball scout and role model! This is a life long journey spanning many decades of learning, growth, compassion, commitment and love. Sr. Jean is a special person who instills drive, faith, wisdom on so many levels to all that she meets. She is the epitome of a role model to men and women alike through teaching, love, learning, listening and unconditional love. Work, wisdom and win!! This book is a winner!! Go Sr. Jean! And Go Ramblers!!
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