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Preface
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Here is the answer: Coach Wooden taught good habits. That’s
it—that’s the answer.
John Wooden taught good habits to those under his leadership at
Dayton [Kentucky] High School, South Bend Central High School,
Indiana State Teachers College, and, of course, UCLA. All along the
way he kept teaching good habits until eventually he became one of
the best builders of winning teams the world has ever seen.
The exact nature of those “good habits” and how you can in-
corporate them with your organization is the subject of Wooden on
Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organization.
As John Wooden takes us through the evolution of his educa-
tion as a leader and the philosophy he developed for creating suc-
cessful teams and organizations, you will see that, like the formula
10 = C + F + U, it is straightforward—deceptively so.
Move past the equation, delve deeper, and the text of his good
habits curriculum becomes the inculcation of values, knowledge,
team spirit, discipline, consistency, standards, ideals, balance, char-
acter, details, hard work, love, self-control, loyalty, diligence, and
more, including how to put on your socks in the most effective
manner.
And that’s what makes John Wooden’s “secret” so compelling:
The qualities and characteristics he possesses and has taught to his
teams—those good habits and how you teach them—are available
to everyone.
There is no patent pending, copyright law, or No Trespassing
sign that prohibits use of his leadership “secrets.” In the vernacular
of the Internet, it’s “open source code” or, as he writes so directly,
“All you need is the will to look hard enough within.”
What he taught and how he taught it is now available to all; and
all of it is available in the pages of this book, Wooden on Leadership.

Steve Jamison