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Issue 683 - "Curiosity + Adaptability = Consistent Improvement"


Wooden's Wisdom - Volume 13	Issue 683
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"CURIOSITY + ADAPTABILITY = CONSISTENT IMPROVEMENT" John Wooden Video Clip (1 min. 18 sec.): Coach Wooden is asked: "Who were your coaches and mentors in your youth (about his Dad)." A lifetime of wisdom in 78 seconds, don’t miss this clip! "It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts." - Harry Truman What do these leaders: Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Jefferson, Frederick, Douglas, Albert Einstein, John F. Kennedy, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jane Austen, Harriet, Beecher Stowe, Mary Shelley, Sojourner Truth, Queen Elizabeth I, Susan B Anthony, Louisa May Alcott and Simone de Beauvoir have in common? What do these Coaches: Pat Summit, Dawn Staley, Muffet McGraw, Sue Enquist, Jill Ellis, Becky Hammond, Carol Hutchins, Tara Vanderveer, John Wooden, Vince Lombardi, Bill Belichick, Phil Jackson, Pat Riley, Greg Popovich, Nick Saban, and Bill Walsh all have in common? All these famous historical figures and coaches were lifelong learners whose curiosity made them voracious readers on a wide variety of topics. Their curiosity led them to constantly read to gain new ideas and adapt their thinking. The result was consistent improvement. Long term greatness is not an accident. Click on this link Leaders by Leader Reading List to review the details. I hope you find some great books to grow with. I would highly recommend the free ChatGPT to get more information on leaders and books you find interesting. Issue 456 provides you with a great message on curiosity in general. Curiosity has four different categories you can move forward with: Technical curiosity as it relates specifically to your profession General curiosity with regards to areas related to your job. (e.g., "be a better communicator") Historical curiosity related to your job. (e.g., "other famous coaches") Curiosity that grows from a love of all knowledge. John Wooden read and learned in all four of these areas. His curiosity went from Socrates to Shakespeare to Lincoln to Other Great Coaches from all sports. With regard to learning and leadership, Coach put it this way: "A leader who is through learning is through. And so is the team such a leader leads." Are you growing in any of these areas? Click here for personal development exercise: Issue 683. Click here for Printable Poetry: Issue 683. Yours in Coaching, Craig Impelman www.woodenswisdom.com Follow @woodenswisdom	COACH'S FAVORITE POETRY AND PROSE Muhammad Ali on How He Would Like To Be Remembered I would like them to say he took a few cups of love. He took one tablespoon of patience, one tablespoon of generosity, one pint of kindness; he took one quart of laughter, one piece of concern, and then he mixed willingness with happiness. He added lots of faith, and he stirred it up well. Then he spread it and expanded it over a lifetime. And he served each and every deserving person he met. I would like to be remembered as a man who won the heavyweight title three times, who was humorous, and who treated everyone right. As a man who never looked down on those who looked up to him, and who helped as many people as he could. As a man who stood up for his beliefs no matter what. As a man who tried to unite all humankind through faith and love. And if all that’s too much, then I guess I’d settle for being remembered only as a great boxer who became a leader and a champion of his people. And I wouldn’t even mind if folks forgot how pretty I was. Well Done – Thank You Champ!
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