Coach John Wooden just passed away. Few would argue his position in the sporting pantheon as the greatest coach ever, but his teachings have also been very influential to business leaders.
From his incredible career at UCLA, to the influence he had through continuing to teach beyond the world of sports after retirement from coaching (take 18 minutes to listen to this TED talk on the difference between winning and success), we have lost a massive figure.
Many who knew him well will write long and thorough tributes, I will just look at one Wooden quote :
“The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal and launch, get started, take action, move.”
If you are waiting to commit to something until you have everything totally planned and organised in advance, you are missing the lesson that Coach Wooden is teaching.. and that so many entrepreneurs instinctively know… as Nike used to say, “Just Do It”.. have the confidence to launch, even if you are not what you think is 100% ready.. then adjust, adapt, shift.
One thing is for sure, if you never start, you’ll never succeed.
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Agreed. Absolutely.
As a friend said in response to my column today: “100% of the shots you don’t take never go it.”
True. Liked the blog. Off now to watch the TED talk. Thanks Tom.