Product DescriptionHe guided LSU to its first football championship in forty-five years. He turned down countless offers from professional teams to stay with the job he loves. Now Nick Saban reveals the secrets that will help you lead and succeed at work and in life.
Excellence doesn’t happen overnight. It comes from hard work, consistency, the drive to be the best, and a passion for what you do. Few understand this better than Nick Saban, the hottest college football coach in the game. Now, inHow Good Do You Want to Be?, Saban shares his winning philosophy for creating and inspiring success.
In more than three decades as a player and coach, Saban has learned much about life and leadership, both on the field and off. Working alongside some of the game’s legends, including Super Bowl winner Bill Belichick and coaching legend Jerry Glanville, he saw firsthand how great leaders encourage greatness in others. In this candid, insightful guide, he shares such acquired wisdom as
• Organization, Organization, Organization Create an environment where everybody knows his or her responsibilities–and each is responsible to the entire group. • Motivate to Dominate Understand the psychology of teams and individuals, and use that knowledge to breed success. • No Other Way than Right Practice ethics and values–and demand the same from your team. • Look in the Mirror Maintain an understanding of who you are by knowing your strengths and your weaknesses.
How Good Do You Want to Be? is more than the story of how Nick Saban motivates his staff and players to excel–it is also the memoir of one of America’s most successful coaches. Filled with instructive anecdotes and illuminated by never-before-told stories of his life and career, this is a book that challenges and inspires us all to be our best.
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Rating: - This man has no soul
Nick Saban published this book as coach at LSU. Maybe previously, as coach of Michigan St. Or when he roamed the halls of Toledo. I don't think he was the coach at Miami long enough to get the printing presses fired up for another edition.
I don't really care to read the drivel inside of this text, because this man is a blatant hypocrite. Please go read a book written by a man with integrity, rather than a book written by a man without conscience.
Rating: - This is the plan that works
Amazing that Nick Saban is such a great leader and will improve Alabama's misfortune. Nick will make Alabama the best again!
Rating: - Decent ideas - Not bad for a first effort
This is a good read for students of leadership, with plenty of good ideas that readers can adopt. While most of the components of his philosophy are fundamental (hard work, integrity, communication skills, balance, etc.), there are actually some original ideas that run counter to those pitched in typical success/leadership books. This is where I believe the value lies. Examples include focusing on the process - not the goals, setting a start time but not an end time, and playing to dominate (no matter ... Read More
Rating: - Messenger vs. The Message
I bought and read this book before Nick Saban left LSU. Regardless of what you think of Nick's subsequent career moves, the lessons presented in the book are solid, relevant and a good read for anyone middle school and upwards.
Since the jacket cover has been changed to reflect Nick's new team, I just wonder if the paperback edition has all references to LSU edited out???
Rating: - This is one you've got to read
This is one of the best I've read this year. The message applies not only to football, but to everyday living. I bought a copy for myself and my teenage sons.
- This man has no soul
- This is the plan that works
- Decent ideas - Not bad for a first effort
- Messenger vs. The Message
