mypillow standard pillow with pillowcase and book bundle - what are the odds? by mike lindell mypillow far more than a "business memoir," what are the odds? is a raw, authentic account by a man many thought would never rise above his serial, addiction-fueled failures. mike's gripping narrative transports readers from his small-town tavern with its colorful cast of "regulars" to mexico and a drug deal gone awry. from las vegas casinos, where mike won and lost fortunes as a professional gambler, to a jail-cell beatdown. from failed rehabs to his 20-year marriage, an ideal union decimated by addiction. and finally, to the redemption of the most shameful moment of his life. an unvarnished account of the ravages of cocaine, crack, and gambling addiction, what are the odds tells the improbable tale of how a small-town guy with a dream somehow made it from "the crack house to the white house." more importantly, mike opens up about the god who relentlessly chased him down, turning him from a casual believer to a passionate evangelist with an absolute, mathematical certainty that god is real. what are the odds? will speak to entrepreneurs, to people in rocky marriages, to those struggling with addictions of all kinds, and to people searching for god. mike lindell's name has increasingly become synonymous with mypillow. what started as a literal dream has now grown into a team of 1,500 people who manufacture 60,000 mypillows each day. the journey was not an easy one. everyone told mike his invention would never work and that he would never be able to patent it, but he refused to give up. in what are the odds?, readers experience what it's like to succeed, fail, and succeed again-on an unprecedented level-by persevering in the face of every obstacle.