1. In the later pages that I have read, I have gotten to read about more of the parts of the pyramid of success in more detail. I am towards the end of it and it is all coming together now. There are a lot of things that I have found very interesting. "Never stoop to playing dirty-- play hard and don't complain." -John Wooden. Quotes like that are things that I have been reading about. This quote and this section in the book really taught me a lot. I've realized that you always have to push your hardest and give 100% if you want to reach success.
2. One of the main things that my author is pushing on leadership is that, it's not about winning. Its about the fight. This is something that I have realized is that is really important if you want success. If you put up a great fight and the outcome doesn't come out with you having more points, then you had a moral win, which is much more important than winning on the score board.
3. "A leader who is ruled by emotions, whose temperament is mercurial, produces a team whose trademark is the roller coaster- ups and downs in performance; unpredictability and undependability in effort and concentration; one day good, the next day bad. (John Wooden, 107)" --This quote is one of the huge things that I think really decides weather you are going to be a strong and successful leader. I think that this is what has failed one of my teams that I am currently on and I think that if that coach would realize this, then we would be more successful. Controlling your emotions is something that I think is extremely important as a leader. If the leader cannot control themselves, then they can't expect anyone else who looks up to them to control theirs.
4. In biology yesterday, we were taking a test on microscopes and a student next to me asked me to tell them the answer. I said that I didn't know, even though I did and I knew I had it right. I made the ethical decision not to let that person cheat. Also because I turned out doing bad on that test... but that answer was still right!
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I liked this a lot. I really enjoyed the first quote you have. I think that it is very important that people don't complain because coaches have a reason for what they do, and sometime's that's hard to see as a player. It's also really important to not play dirty. Because nothing good every come out of it. Even if it seems like something to do at the time, you gotta thing about the ethical part of it:)
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My book is about John Wooden too and says many of the same things, just in different words. I also wrote about how emotions can affect leadership.
ReplyDeleteI like the part where he says that leadership is not about winning, its about the fight. Thats a good motto especially for sports.
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