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I finally read Stephen Covey’s masterpiece The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. It is a must read for any coach. Here are ten basketball lessons from 7 Habits: 1. Mission Statement My team has utilized…
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I recently read One Minute to Midnight by Michael Dobbs. As the Cuban Missile Crisis unfolded in October of 1962, Dobbs provides insights into the perspectives of Nikita Khrushchev, Fidel Castro, and John F. Kennedy. This…
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The book Superforecasters changed my perception of game planning. The authors, Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner, hit on several common themes that I have been reading up on during the off-season. Decisiveness, transparency, and open-mindedness among…
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Chaos Monkeys from a coach’s perspective, is not the first book I’d recommend off the shelf. A friend of mine who works in the tech start-up world recommended it. He did not say why and I…
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I recently met with Coach Helen Williams to discuss post defense and other topics. I have known Coach Helen for a few years and have read her book Coach Like a Mother: A Guide for the…
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Here are 20 lessons learned from Jay Wright after reading his book Attitude. The book came out after the school’s 2016 championship, but obviously the principles and ideas were instrumental in their success during their championship…
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After reading a book that is 542 pages, it’s hard to sum up all that I found valuable, so I settled on four takeaways from Principles by Ray Dalio. Overall this was a valuable resource to…
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I looked back at all of the highlighted quotes from Born a Crime by Trevor Noah and this was the one that stood out: “Life was good and none of it would have happened without Andrew.…
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After reading Chasing Daylight by Eugene O’Kelley, the idea of controlling time versus controlling energy was something that allowed me to reevaluate the concept of commitment. Here is the quote that resonated the most for me: I…
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After reading The Principle Circle by Jamie Gilbert I am now 3% of the way toward the finish line of my goal to read 37 books in the offseason. I teach math and I think the…
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