1. Psychwrite #15 Date: 1 pt Copy question: 1 pt
Answer (in at least 3-5 lines): 3 pts
How do YOU define success? Why is success important to you? What makes a successful person?

2. John Wooden
“Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.”

3. John Wooden
Take notes on the following talk given by John Wooden in 2001 on HOW he defines success and HOW he learned it.

5. Pyramid of Success Industriousness Friendship Loyalty Cooperation
“Success travels in the company of very hard work. There is no trick, no easy way.”
Friendship
“Strive to build a team filled with camaraderie and respect; comrades-in-arms.”
Loyalty
“Be true to yourself. Be true to those you lead.”
Cooperation
“Have the utmost concern for what's right rather than who's right.”
Enthusiasm
“Your energy and enjoyment, drive and dedication will stimulate and greatly inspire others.”

6. Building Blocks of Success
Self-Control
“Control of your organization begins with control of yourself. Be disciplined.”
Alertness
Constantly be aware and observing. Always seek to improve yourself and the team.”
Initiative
“Make a decision! Failure to act is often the biggest failure of all.”
Intentness
“Stay the course. When thwarted try again; harder; smarter. Persevere relentlessly.

7. Building Blocks of Success
Condition
“Ability may get you to the top, but character keeps you there- mental, moral, and physical.”
Skill
“What a leader learns after you’ve learned it all counts most of all.”
Team Spirit
“The star of the team is the team. We super cedes me.”

8. Building Blocks of Success
Poise
“Be yourself. Don’t be thrown off by events whether good or bad.”
Confidence
“The strongest steel is well-founded self-belief. It is earned, not given”

9. Building Blocks of Success
Competitive Greatness
“Perform at your best when your best is required. Your best is required each day.”
Faith and Patience
These two words and ideas sit right next to a persons competitive greatness.

10. Rules From his Father 1. Never try to be better than someone else.
2. Always learn from others.
3. Never cease trying to be the best you can be that is under your control.
4. If you obsess over things which you have no control it will adversely affect those things which you do have control of.

11. Rules from his Father continued
1. Don’t whine
2. Don’t complain
3. Don’t make excuses, just go out and do to the best of your ability.

12. Reputation vs. Character
Reputation is how you are perceived to be by others.
Character is what you really are.
Character is much more important than what you are perceived to be.
They may not be one in the same.

13. Three things players at UCLA were supposed to do
1. Get an education
2. Play basketball
3. Participate in social activities
If you let number 3 dominate over 1 and 2 you will find that you will have neither of them.

14. The Rules 1. Never be late. 2. Be neat and clean.
3. Not one word of profanity.
4. Never criticize a teammate.

15. How to carry yourself in victory and defeat
Coach Wooden never wanted someone who did not see the score of the game to be able to tell by the look on his players face what happened.

16. Coach Wooden’s ideas on practice and the games.
1. Start on time and end on time.
2. Not all change is progress.
3. Coaches must always be patient.
4. Savante; “The journey is better than the end.”
5. Getting there is the fun.
Practice is the journey, the game is the end.

17. Competitive Greatness “Personal Best”
Create your own personal Pyramid-due Friday March 11 (choose carefully & make it personal)
Competitive Greatness “Personal Best”
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