This book is about the life and career of Bernard Kerik, who went through several jobs in the NYPD before landing a job as the police commissioner. He was commissioner during the attacks on September 11th. I thought that it was motivational in that he set goals for himself that he wanted to accomplish with his career and he did. I felt for him about his questions regarding his mother and his determination to uncover the truth. At some point while I was reading this book, I googled him. I discovered he wound up serving jail time. This book covers the period of time before those events, so I do not feel that it was very clouded, though I would have liked to read what he had to say about that.