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love this book! Stein brought together both my favorite loves sports and selfhelp, and did a phenomenal job in constructing the material.
It's fascinating to learn what the topin sports do to make them the best and see how it translates for the everyday person.
He gives great suggestions on how certain principles can apply in our daily lives, I'd highly recommend this to those interested in either sports or selfhelp, but especially both, Thanks Alan! Deeply, systematically sexist, I stopped reading. Successful people are not born genetically predisposed to achievement, Theyve chosen to take control of the process of achievement, facilitating the emergence of new habits, On the other hand, what people who fail in life have in common is that they dont act in the context of change and growth.
They prefer to shift responsibility towards the outside, towards others, accepting predetermined ideas and behaviours provided by the world, family, acquaintances and society.
Great book! Fantastic book on how to perform your best, and bring the best out of others.
The author shares valuable insight and incredible reallife stories, mostly from the world of sports, that inspire, motivate, and propel you to improve.
I also appreciated that he discussed the principles of how to help others achieve, in teams, businesses, sports, and families.
Great advice, great tips, great stories, great book, This is a very good book for beginners in leadership, It references a lot of other books,
Unfortunately I read most of the books referenced in this one, Still I've got at least one I will want to read, For me it was like a recap of the main ideas,
Onlybecause aside from the information from other books, it provides very little tangible unique content.
Yes, the author has a great experience, Yes, he has great stories to tell, But most of the original content is anecdotes about the ideas from other books, by other leaders.
If this would have been my first leadership book, I would have given itstars, It's a great starting point, Any business book is essentially a selfhelp book, this one connects sports principles to teambuilding and leadership, which really worked for me because its something I believe in.
Your mileage, based on your affinity with sports and this medium, will strongly vary, It doesnt matter if what your position is, if you work with people in any way, this is a great read for you.
So many important takeaways that will apply to your personal situation and help you “raise your game” to the next level.
Wow! Such a powerful book, I have followed Alan Stein for many years to learn ways to help my players and students improve not only in basketball, but also life.
When I read he had a book I preordered right away and devoured this book as soon as it arrived.
I took time to process each chapter to absorb all the ideas,
At first, I was skeptical because there are so many books that cover these topics, but I was blown away by this book.
This book challenged my thinking, had me discussing topics with my family, and has provided me key teaching points to my youth teams.
I also see many opportunities to weave these ideas when working with educators and administrators about how to get better.
My Evernote file is loaded with notes, My pages are scribbled and highlighted with ideas, My brain is full. This book is a must read for, I am not sure there will be too many other books that come close to helping the reader get focused on what matters to being successful
in life.
Anyone looking for new ways of understanding selfawareness, passion, discipline, failure, confidence, vision, culture, servant, character, belief, unselfishness, role clarity, communication, and cohesion needs to read this book.
I give this book.stars. The concepts are simple, like using your selfawareness to find the thing you do best and focus on that.
This is well known as there is already research showing that when an organization focused on an employee's strength, the level of that employee's engagement was nearly.
When they didn't, it was, The advice in the book is not original, let alone "secrets" as touted in the title, And most of the advice is in the context of basketball, so it becomes tiresome unless you're a basketball fan.
Alan wrote a very good book, for both basketball and business, He did a great job of coming up with tangible information that you can put directly into use.
There also was a lot of spinets from other leadership and basketball books that increase your scope of influence.
I feel like having to wade through the basketball stories made the lessons slightly less impactful, Although if you get past that aspect, there are some great lessons about team communication and changing your work and life in a positive way.
My boss gave us all a suggested read for the month and this was it,
While I did play basketball growing up and still love the game, I can see how for some people the authors examples can be hard to relate to.
If you dont give a rats ass about basketball and dont have a clue about any players/coaches names you might find the scenario portion of the chapters utterly boring.
In saying that, because I played basketball I didnt find many of the ideas were things that I didnt already know but they were good reminders of how playing team sports can shape adulthood if you were lucky enough to have politics experiences.
I do find this to be the case with most selfhelp type books so this could just be a flaw in my judgement.
As in relation to this helping me in my work place, . . maybe some things. I work in the medical field therefore the rules can be a little different than working in a business.
Which made me to disagree with some of the concepts, but I think thats a flaw on the person who is recommended the book in the first place since they have an entirely different career title and daily tasks.
Therefore, if youre looking for something to really up your companys management skills or make your business more of a community, this book is for you! Although there are many productivity/performance books targeted at life/work improvement that draw lessons from sports, this is the first one I've read that drew from it so heavily from a single sport, Basketball to provide the life lessons though by no means do I think this is first book of this type/structure.
The lessons are the usual : Work hard, be persistent, believe in yourself etc, At times it verges on 'Vaynerchuckisms' Vaynerchuck is quoted/referenced directly a few times in the text, which means the text hasn't aged too well given how many now view his notions as blindly advocating for people to take the exact opposite direction in their worklife balance than people are now seeking to do postCovid.
As someone who's read a lot of these productivity texts, everything from Napoleon Hill to Tony Robbins, I didn't catch much here that's not been said if anything.
Even the Kevin Durant "servant leader" story is basically just the sameold "servant leader" spiel you get from every other leadership/productivity book because KD got it from those books himself!, so we've come fullcircle at peak productivityhype point.
It's well written, and I think it'll probably hype one up as they are reading it.
But I wouldn't expect to get anything else much from the book, Conditional recommend. 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲: 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁
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Who doesn't want to be a better person Okay, . . I know so many books are available in the market regarding this very question but guys keep reading as I assure you this is a masterpiece of all.
Whosoever completes this book will leave away with various ageless standards on the best way to improve personally, colleague, or partner.
The author works superbly by joining his own accounts and bringing immaterial counteractants from his experience working with basketball's tip top Durant, Kobe, Kerr, Duncan, and Coach K among numerous others.
I would guide any basketball fan to this book and any fledgling pursuer to personal growth books as he makes a great deal of progress and subjects in this field.
This book tested my thinking, made them examine subjects with my family, and has given me key training focuses for my groups.
All things considered, a decent read for those looking to raise their game with some great stories to recollect as specific illustrations.
Some parts from the book that I adored the most are
, Control the Controllable: There are only two things in this world that we havepercent control over,percent of the time.
That is our effort and our attitude,
. Thoughts on Vision: Vision is about carrying both the big and the small, the now and the later, the intangible concept and the tangible steps.
. Teammate Audit / Unselfishness: Fifteen index cards, . . Write the name of a colleague on each card, Every workday, send one of them one of three things,
This book gives a lot of reality and direct models in an organized and engaging manner indicating the effect it has when you submit completely to it.
For indepth experience amp knowledge, grab a copy today, As hard to believe as it is, there are many aspects of my life I could probably improve upon.
I dont eat enough apples, I brag about my running and the races I will be competing in this weekend, instead of heading home after work I often go out drinking with my subterranean sewer friends, I will wear vertical stripes and horizontal stripes in the same outfit, and many more.
Like most people I see the New Year as a chance to start over and correct some of these deficiencies.
So I have been reading a bunch of improvement books, Raise Your Game: HighPerformance Secrets from the Best of the Best by Alan Stein Jr.
uses coaching, sports experiences, and the successes of NBA players to show what I need to do to improve my life.
While not exactly revolutionary, Raise Your Game brings up many good points such as the importance of controlling the controllables and not getting upset about the rest.
Be disciplined and accepting feedback are other areas to focus on if you want to be like Kobe Bryant.
Stein brought up an area of importance that I particularly liked: be curious and ask questions.
What about this point struck a nerve with me Why do I feel this is important Am I not asking enough questions currently How many questions should I ask a day Istoo many to ask Or should I double that number of questions Why dont my sewer friends invite me to their sewer holes after the sewer bars close Is it because I talk too much about my job and I show no interest in their subterranean lives Is it the glistening film of mucus that coats their bodies or their scary pet alligators that make me want to leave after only a few beers Am I really that selfcentered
As improvement books go, Raise Your Game is pretty motivating and centering.
It makes even a sad sack like me feel he can right the ship and change for the better.
Really great book on upping your game and increasing overall the performance of yourself, your company, team, you name it.
I dont really care much for basketball but still found ten analogies and references quite fascinating, Probably a must read for anyone with a sports background looking to improve their business mindset and productivity.
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