On This Side of Paradise
Contributed by Mike Rizer, Executive Vice President and Director, Community Relations, Wells Fargo Bank

Mike Rizer used to avoid reading at any cost, even buying CliffsNotes when necessary. But in his sophomore year of college, Ernest Hemingway changed all that. Since then, he hasn’t stopped reading.
In the professional realm of finance, Rizer finds that avid reading makes for good storytelling. Good storytelling makes for better leadership, communication, and critical thinking. “You can give people data, but they remember the story,” he says. Rizer found The Lost Generation, and the discovery changed his life.
In the professional realm of finance, Rizer finds that avid reading makes for good storytelling. Good storytelling makes for better leadership, communication, and critical thinking. “You can give people data, but they remember the story,” he says. Rizer found The Lost Generation, and the discovery changed his life.
Title
On This Side of Paradise
Description
Mike Rizer used to avoid reading at any cost, even buying CliffsNotes when necessary. But in his sophomore year of college, Ernest Hemingway changed all that. Since then, he hasn’t stopped reading.
In the professional realm of finance, Rizer finds that avid reading makes for good storytelling. Good storytelling makes for better leadership, communication, and critical thinking. “You can give people data, but they remember the story,” he says. Rizer found The Lost Generation, and the discovery changed his life.
In the professional realm of finance, Rizer finds that avid reading makes for good storytelling. Good storytelling makes for better leadership, communication, and critical thinking. “You can give people data, but they remember the story,” he says. Rizer found The Lost Generation, and the discovery changed his life.
Source
The literature of Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald
Contributor
Mike Rizer, Executive Vice President and Director, Community Relations, Wells Fargo Bank
Identifier
rizer-reading-hemingway
Player
Referrer
Heidi Camp