Beyond Basketball: Coach K’s Keywords For Success’ (2006)
Category: Books
Genre: Business & Investing
Author: Mike Krzyzewski & Jamie K. Spatola
Beyond Basketball: Coach K’s Keywords For Success’
Beyond Basketball is a collaborative effort by 2008 USA Basketball and current Duke University Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski and one of his three daughters, Jamie Krzyzewski Spatola. The National Bestseller is Coach Kzyzewski’s third book and first after his successful “Leading with the Heart: Coach K’s Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life (2001).
In 171 pages, Coach K shares his personal experiences and learning’s as a coach, husband, father, friend, teacher, and leader through forty solitary words—Adaptability, Adversity, Balance, Belief, Care, Challenges, Collective Responsibility, Commitment, Communication, Courage, Crisis Management, Culture, Dependability, Empathy, Enthusiasm, Excellence, Failure, Family, Friendship, Fundamentals, Giving Back, Guidance, Imagination, Integrity, Learning, Love, Motivation, Next Play, Ownership, Passion, Poise, Pressure, Pride, Respect, Selflessness, Standards, Talent, Trust, Will, and Work.
Overall, the beauty of this book is that Coach Krzyzewski invites his readers to embark on a journey to write their own book using these forty words as a baseline. Coach K adds that by writing one’s own personal experiences and learning’s through these and other solitary words, these words would then hold a special meaning to that person.
So don’t delay. Read Coach K, and start one today!
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