what you do for yourself, you’re doing for others, and what you do for others, you’re doing for yourself.” Chapter 5: DANCES WITH BULLS He learned early what it means to connect people together and with something greater than themselves.

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This was a strategy later also used by football coach Jose Marino, albeit the guy after starting with a bang later slipped into anonymity. Kobe Bryant: The First Mindset You can’t force your will on people. If you want them to act differently, you need to inspire them to change themselves.”

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Zen teacher Lewis Richmond tells the story of hearing Shunryu Suzuki sum up Buddhism in two words. Suzuki had just finished giving a talk to a group of Zen students when someone in the audience said, “You’ve been talking about Buddhism for nearly an hour, and I haven’t been able to understand a thing you said. Could you say one thing about Buddhism I can understand?” After the laughter died down, Suzuki replied calmly, “Everything changes.” Those words, Suzuki said, contain the basic truth of existence: Everything is always in flux. Until you accept this, you won’t be able to find true equanimity.” He wanted an environment in which everyone had a leadership role, however small that could be (also read Principles: Life and Work).

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As Elrond tells it in The Fellowship of the Ring, the smiths of Eregion “received his aid and grew mighty in craft, whereas he learned all their secrets, and betrayed them, and forged secretly in the Mountain of Fire the One Ring to be their master. But Celebrimbor was aware of him, and hid the Three which he had made.” Of course, the author clarifies, it’s not about romantic love and not even brotherly love. What Phil refers to is the emotional connection that ties the warriors together in the heat of battle. This is just another way of repeating a key tenet in Eleven Rings: focus on the task at hand, don’t get lost in the past, and don’t worry about the future. Chapter 13: THE LAST DANCEPhil says the circle of love is the secret sauce that takes teams from a bunch of individuals to a cohesive winning teams.

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His coaching style, which utilized Tex Winters’ triangle offense, was deeply influenced by Eastern philosophy and Native American spiritual practices. Red was a master of simplicity. He didn’t espouse any particular system, nor did he stay up all night inventing plays. What he believed in was playing the game the right way, which to him meant moving the ball on offense and playing intense team defense. Red learned the game in the pre–jump shot era when five-man ball movement was far more prevalent than one-on-one creativity. He had two simple rules, which he shouted from the sidelines during every game:

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I highlighted a lot in this book and I also saved numerous book titles to my "to-read" list. So in that way, the book was completely worth it for me. I must say I kept thinking to myself "there's probably so much more he's not telling us." I really felt that way, but then I considered that because of all his study and view of the world, maybe some of the juicy gossip bits I wanted never landed on his radar (and I guess it's possible maybe they didn't happen either, lol). Elite coaches and players often talk about valuing the process. Mastering the craft and remaining present. Prepare as best you can and let go of the outcome or result.