How Lucky Can You Be
by Buster Olney
The story of Don Meyer, the winningest men's college basketball coach, his near-fatal car accident and cancer diagnosis, and the lessons his players and peers took from him. A quieter coaching life than the famous ones, with much to teach about service.
Read it if…
you want a coaching story about character and teaching rather than championships.
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Skip it if…
you want strategy and X's and O's.
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Three things you will actually use
- Teach beyond the game.
- Humility is sustainable; ego is not.
- Adversity reveals the culture you built.
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Write the three habits you would want former team members to remember you by.
Our verdict
Quiet, character-rich.
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