Wooden on Leadership
John Wooden and Steve Jamison





Format: Hardcover, 256pp.
ISBN: 9780071453394
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date: April 2005

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"Team spirit, loyalty, enthusiasm, determination. . . . Acquire and keep these traits and success should follow."

—Coach John Wooden

John Wooden is without question one of the most respected and honored sports coaches in our nation's history. But it wasn't winning games that drove him; it was ensuring that, regardless of the final score, his players always put forth their utmost effort and performed to the best of their abilities.

One of the lesser-known aspects of Wooden is the notebooks in which, beginning in 1948, he regularly recorded his thoughts, inspirations, and life lessons. In Wooden on Leadership, the legendary coach and his longtime collaborator Steve Jamison combine the best of those notebooks with Wooden's far-more-celebrated Pyramid of Success to create a leadership skills guide designed to help anyone develop character, conviction, and remarkable achievement.

Whether discussing teamwork ("It takes 10 hands to score a basket"), organization ("Don't mistake activity for achievement"), or even discipline ("Use the carrot as a stick"), it constructs a masterful template for confronting limitations and achieving personal success in virtually any setting or situation.  

John Wooden's Pyramid of Success



"Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming."



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• "Leadership starts with self-control. Remember, control of your organization begins with control of yourself. When you lose control, you sanction the same behavior for those under your leadership—the team. There is never an excuse for violating this imperative, and when you do, your credibility and consistency as a leader diminish accordingly." Pg. 39


About the Author

John Wooden was the winner of 10 NCAA basketball championships in 12 years with the UCLA Bruins and was named Coach of the Century by ESPN. The only person to be inducted into basketball's Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach, he is the author of They Call Me Coach and Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court.

Steve Jamison is a popular columnist and speaker. A close confidante of John Wooden, he is coauthor of the bestselling biography Wooden.


Table of Contents

	Preface	xi
	Prologue: The Joys of My Journey	xii
Part 1	The Foundation For My Leadership
	Introduction	3
1	The Pyramid of Success	16
2	The Pyramid's Second Tier	31
3	The Heart of the Pyramid	41
Part 2	Lessons In Leadership	59
4	Good Values Attract Good People	61
5	Use the Most Powerful Four-Letter Word	80
6	Call Yourself a Teacher	92
7	Emotion is Your Enemy	107
8	It Takes 10 Hands to Score a Basket	117
9	Little Things Make Big Things Happen	135
10	Make Each Day Your Masterpiece	153
11	The Carrot is Mightier Than a Stick	165
12	Make Greatness Attainable By All	178
13	Seek Significant Change	192
14	Don't Look at the Scoreboard	209
15	Adversity is Your Asset	219
Part 3	Lessons From My Notebook	233
EPILOGUE	Some Things Don't Change	289
	Index

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