Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success: Building Blocks for a Better Life

An excellent book for helping people make good decisions for leading their personal and business lives. Athletics offers great analogies for comparison to business principles/decisions - and the ethics involved in the very fiber of Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success is of utmost value to everyone.

"Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success" consists of 3 main areas: 1. Introduction to Coach Wooden and his concept of using a pyramid to teach success. 2. 15 chapters on "Building Blocks" that includes such traits as: planning, self-control, alertness, and loyalty. 3. 10 more chapters on "Mortar Qualities" such as ambition, sincerity, and honesty. At the end of the book, Wooden and Carty take these qualities and show how they help form the "apex" of the pyramid. In each chapter ending there is a mention of a particular Bible verse that could apply to the described trait. Read, enjoy, and be challenged by one of the greatest coaches in all of sports history! Highly recomended.

Having read several of Jay Carty's books now I have to say he is an incredibly inspiring writer and person to say the least. I am so excited each month as I check for new "stuff" from Jay Carty as it is always refreshing and different yet always connected to God with a three stranded cord. If you haven't been a reader of his books for long there are many to choose from and this writer never stops searching for Gods will in his daily efforts to continue to provide hearty reading material for all groups and all stages from salvation, and growth to a mature level of one's spiritual walk. I highly recommend anything he puts his hands on because I know the hand of God is on him. Some of what I have read and or listened to on tape are:"Discovering your natural talents", "Counter Attack: taking back ground lost to sin", "Playing with fire", "Something's fishy Getting rid of the carp in your life","Coach Wooden One on One", "Coach Wooden's Piramid of success", Darrell Waltrip - One on One, "Mike Singletary- One on One" all keeping me captivated from cover to cover! Dora Wolfe - CA

This is an excellent work by one of America's premier basketball coaches. The volume describes a pyramidal structure with faith and patience at the top. Essentially, we must believe in the goals enunciated in order to have the requisite energy and enthusiasm to pursue them rigorously. A certain level of healthy competition and personal poise are necessary to translate ideas/ concepts into implementation and action. Each of us must exude confidence and personal health/conditioning to inspire others to action. The concept of team membership and self-control are necessary to move the agenda forward in a disciplined manner. Team members must set goals and work toward attainment with loyalty and collective enthusiasm. The volume describes the conditions precedent to move ideas/concepts into action and finalization.

Another great book by "The Coach". Coach Wooden does an excellent job of explaining his success, while teaching others that we can succeed as well. The book is a great read. It is divided into the blocks of the pyramid and the motar sections. I am reading one block each night to my kids! A great book for anyone at any age. Would make a great graduation gift!