"There is no substitute for work. Worthwhile results come from hard work and careful planning."




THE PYRAMID OF SUCCSES. The pyramid if success is that in order in success you need to read the pyramid. 
“Failure to prepare is preparing to fail,” was one of John Wooden’s favorite maxims. He employed it for his teams as well as in his personal life, stressing to them the importance of preparing properly in order maintain the balance necessary for true success and fulfillment. “The most important word in our language is ‘love’ and the second most important word is ‘balance,’” he was fond of saying.

In order to execute properly and keep balance in his life between his job and his family, Coach Wooden was an expert in time management. This required very careful planning, indeed.

Coach did not equate industriousness to three- or four-hour practices every day with his team simply to put in the extra hours, nor did he think it necessary to work six days a week for 10 hours a day to become a great basketball coach. That would have thrown off the all-important balance that proper preparation could help maintain.

Block 3: Friendship

"Comes from mutual esteem, respect and devotion. Like marriage it must not be taken for granted but requires a joint effort."

The idea of work as a requisite component of friendship was one Coach Wooden took very seriously. “We tend to consider it to be friendship when somebody is doing something for us,” he said. “That is not friendship. That is one-sided…. If only one side works at it then it won’t be successful. Each must work at it and each must give to receive.”

By using the idea of friendship, Coach Wooden did not believe that he needed to be “buddies” with his players. He did, however, consider it critical that his players knew that he was genuinely interested in them as people and not just as basketball players. He also wanted them to feel they were working with him, not for him.

Block 4: Loyalty

"To yourself and to all those depending upon you. Keep your self-respect."

Try not to sugar coat your true feelings when you speak to friends, family, or a significant other. Being loyal means not being afraid to be honest and straightforward. Lying can make others distrust you and not see you as loyal.^[1]

• For example, you may say to friends, “I have to be honest with you about how I feel” or you may say to a family member, “Honestly, I am not sure if that is a good idea…”
• You can (and should) give your honest opinion without being judgmental. Instead of saying "that's a bad idea" or "I wouldn't do that," try something like "It's your decision to make, but if it were me I'd ...".
• Block 5: Cooperation
  
  
  "With all levels of your co-workers. Listen if you want to be heard. Be interested in finding the best way, not in having your own way. "
• Coach Wooden expanded upon the importance of cooperation as he reflected on the various ways in which technology and progress are bringing people together like never before. He pointed to all the people involved in developing and operating the high-speed travel that we use to crisscross the country. He looked at the space program and how many thousands of people worked together at every level to make every launch possible. He was in awe of global media that could beam images from around the globe into our homes in a matter of moments because a chain of people were working together to bring us news about other human beings elsewhere in the world.
• Block 6: Ambition (For noble goals)
• Noble goals activate all the other competencies in the Six Seconds Model of EQ. When you are connected with your personal vision and mission, emotional intelligence has a powerful meaning and relevance.  Having a clear noble goal helps you focus on what is most important and access your full power and potential. When you realize that even your smallest actions help bring the future you want into the present, even the most mundane actions take on a sense of purpose and vibrancy. You make your legacy with every moment of every day.
• Block 7: Self-Control
  "Practice self-discipline and keep emotions under control. Good judgement and common sense are essential."
• Self-control performance may be improved by the regular practice of small acts of self-control. Ninety-two adults’ self-control capacity was assessed using the stop signal paradigm before they started practicing self-control and again at the end of two weeks. Participants who practiced self-control by cutting back on sweets or squeezing a handgrip exhibited significant improvement in stop signal performance relative to those who practiced tasks that did not require self-control. Participants who did not practice self-control believed that the tasks should improved self-control, engaged in tasks that were effortful and made self-control salient, but did not actually require self-control. Supplemental analyses suggested that only practicing self-control built self-control capacity; the improved outcomes cannot be explained by self-fulfilling prophecies, increased self-efficacy or awareness of self-control. The results may have implications for understanding the development of self-control in both children and adults, as well as clinical implications for treating disorders that involve low self-control.
• Block 8: Alertness
  
  
  "Be observing constantly. Stay open-minded. Be eager to learn and improve."
• When you typically think of being alert, goal setting does not come in to play. We need to stay alert while driving, be aware of our surroundings when we go from place to place, and work to remain focused and sometimes awake doing everyday tasks. Sometimes we work through our daily tasks without even thinking about them. We go to class, say hi as a formality to people we may not really know and finish our days not really thinking about whether we moved closer to any goal we had set for ourselves.
  
  On John Wooden’s Pyramid of Success, his seventh secret is “alertness” which he tells us to “Be observing constantly. Stay open-minded. Be eager to learn and improve.” When you connect this to last week’s secret of self-control and ambition, we see how the block of alertness does affect our goals. Without goals, we won’t remain alert while completing practice, studying for a test, pursuing a job or living our best life.
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  Block 9: Initiative

  "Cultivate the ability to make decisions and think alone. Do not be afraid of failure, but learn from it."
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  Coach wanted mistakes of commission, not of omission or of carelessness. In other words, he wanted his team to be made up of doers. “We must not be afraid to act,” he said. “If we are afraid to do something for fear of making a mistake, we will not do anything at all. That is the worst mistake of all. You learn through adversity. We get stronger through adversity.” Coach firmly believed that if you were not making any mistakes, you were not working close enough to the edge of your potential.
• h Wooden once described the needed behaviors and character traits of a great leader as the same behaviors and character traits of a great parent. “We must not be afraid to fail,” he insisted. “We, as parents, I think, deprive our children, the ones we love the most and want to help the most, of the development of initiative by making decisions for them too long in certain areas…. Lincoln said: ‘The worst thing a parent could do for his children is doing things that they could and should do for themselves.’ Give them the opportunity to fail. Let them learn from it so that they won’t make that same mistake again when you are not there telling them what or what not to do. Initiative will help us overcome many stumbling blocks.”
• Block 10: Intentness
  
  
  "Set a realistic goal. Concentrate on its achievement by resisting all temptations and being determined and persistent."Coach once summarized this concept as “patience with action”: having the determination, stamina and resolve to stay the course when things aren’t going well. Armed with persistence and realistic goals, a person embodies intentness by the manner in which he or she pursues each ambition.
  Unlike some motivators who tout the idea that goals should be astronomically high, Coach took a far more practical perspective. “There is a tendency at times to set goals that are so idealistic that they are unattainable and thus become counterproductive,” he once said. “I think goals should be difficult to achieve because things easily achieved or attained usually aren’t meaningful, don’t last too long or are not truly worthwhile. So goals should be difficult but in the realm of possibility.”
  Intentness is the thing that keeps a person reaching for the next achievement, to make each possibility a reality. Coach added this thought about striving toward goals: “Realizing that the road to their achievement could be difficult and certain adversity may force you to change the method of attack. You may have to go around, under, over, back up, look the situation over. Try a different method. But you must not quit. Be intent, persistent and determined to reach your realistic objective.”
• Block 11: Sincerity (keeps friends)
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  Sometimes, the best thing for you to do for yourself and your bliss is to sever a friendship that brings you down.

  
  

  I know this sounds harsh, but it is one of the key steps I’ve encountered on my way to finding happiness.

  
  

  There are benefits and drawbacks to firing your friends- I’ve found that I’ve felt more free after cutting the ties to some people, but I’ve felt regret and wished I could take it back in other cases.

  
  

  The bottom line: You are who you hang around with.

  
  

  You choose to put yourself in that situation, and you will feed off whatever energy the relationship and other person provides.  Knowing when a friendship is bad for you and doing something about it can save you from years of misspent energy.

  
  

  Be honest, take action, and feel the freedom.
• Block 12: Adaptability (to any situation)
• A mindfulness practice definitely can help—after all, the essence of mindfulness is to see the way things change all the time, with our own internal thoughts and moods as the field for learning. But when it comes to adapting to changes at work, something more can help: emotional intelligence.
  
  Adaptability is one of twelve emotional and social intelligence leadership competencies in my model of emotional intelligence. It means you can quickly adjust to new situations and handle multiple demands. Adaptable leaders meet new challenges with ease and are comfortable with the uncertainty that leadership can bring.
  
  
  Research by my colleague Case Western Reserve University professor Richard Boyatzis and others shows that being strong in the adaptability competency predicts satisfaction with life and career, as well as career success. This was based on a research study that tracked a group of MBA students 19 years after they graduated. Those who ranked high in this competency as students were the most satisfied and successful almost two decades later.
• Block 13: Condition
  "Mental-Moral-Physical. Rest, exercise and diet must be considered. Moderation must be practiced. Dissipation must be eliminated." 
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  Respect without fear. Confident not cocky. May come from faith in yourself in knowing that you are prepared. And keeping all things in proper perspective.

  
  

  There are three sources of confidence: Product Knowledge — knowing your niche; People Knowledge — locating superstars and heroes for your client companies; and Recruiting/Selling Skills Knowledge — learning the classic techniques developed over the years by our superstars. Possess these three ‘Knowledges’ and you will exude confidence
• Block 14: Skill
  "A knowledge of and the ability to properly and quickly execute the fundamentals. Be prepared and cover every little detail." knowledge of and the ability to properly and quickly execute the fundamentals. Be prepared and cover every little detail.
  Become a student of our business. Learn the basics—the classics of recruitment — and use them. When you overcome your knowledge deficiencies, you’ll only have your execution deficiencies with which to contend. I beleive that we should all have skill. Skill is required in every aspect of our life. Without skill we woudnt know what to do. For exmaple you need skill for everyjob and everything you do. You get skill by learning new stuff like when yo drive more you get more skilled
• Block 15:  Team Spirit

  "A genuine consideration for others. An eagerness to sacrifice personal interests of glory for the welfare of all."
• I think it means that in order to do a projetc you have to have teamwork. For example when teams are about to win they need teamwork. Or when your doing projects you need teamwork to accomplish it and get the good grade. 
• Block 17: Resourcefulness (proper judgment
• "If you have a dream, if you have something you've always wanted to do, look within yourself because that is where resourcefulness resides; and go for it. (Jennifer Witterick
  
   “Make the most out of what you have.” (Anonymous)
  Resourcefulness
  (proper judgment)And most disregard this piece of advice as they associate a destructive lifestyle with it; a life at the limit that cannot be sustained for a long period.
  
  

  But when looking at it more closely, the profound, hidden message becomes clear: spend more time doing the things you truly love, with the people you cherish. Value the moment, but don’t let it be ruined by worries about the future. Allow your creativity to flow, see where it leads you and do the things that make you happy.

  
  

  Therefore, the advice to live life as if there is no tomorrow has not so much to do with an apocalyptic scenario where there are only a couple of hours left before everything collapses. Instead, it means to free yourself from all the man-made illusions about what life really should be, to remove all the things you don’t really
• Block 19: Confidence 

  
  

  "Thorough preparation breeds confidence" Gerald Bell in
  "The Carolina Way"

  Your level of self-confidence can show in many ways: your behavior, your body language, how you speak, what you say, and so on. Look at the following comparisons of common confident behavior with behavior associated with low self-confidence. Which thoughts or actions do you recognize in yourself
  and people around you?
  The first step involves getting yourself ready for your journey to self-confidence. You need to take stock of where you are, think about where you want to go, get yourself in the right mindset for your journey, and commit yourself to starting it and staying with it.
  
  

  hink about your life so far, and list the ten best things you've achieved in an "Achievement Log." Perhaps you came top in an important test or exam, played a key role in an important team, produced the best sales figures in a period, did something that made a key difference in someone else’s life, or delivered a project that meant a lot for your business.

  
  
  

  Put these into a smartly formatted document, which you can look at often. And then spend a few minutes each week enjoying the success you’ve already had!

  Block 20: Reliability (creates respect)Being reliable does not mean saying yes to everyone. On the contrary, reliable people use discretion when they make promises to others. However, most people tend to slip on their commitments because they overestimate their available free time and want to please others. So, to more reliably manage commitments:
  

  • Ask yourself if a commitment is a high priority for you. If it is a low priority for you today, what will really change to move it up to a high priority tomorrow?
  • Focus on timelines (when work gets done) versus deadlines (when work is due). Since people tend to think a task will take less time than it actually will take, double your estimate to ensure it will fit within your other commitments. Better to underpromise and overdeliver.
  • Think about a commitment. Particularly if you feel pressure to please the other party, ask for a day to think about the commitment and check your schedule. Reluctant or forced commitments are always a lose-lose in the long-term.
  • Know when to say no. You can even say yes with limits. Avoid noncommittal answers like maybe. Be clear and direct. Redefine the term polite by taking the long view. You might be appeasing the other party by saying yes now, but you will ultimately disappoint them (and yourself) by overcommitting and then no
  • Block 21: Fight (determined effort)
  • “When we have fight, we are always ready to respond. We are quick, but we don’t hurry. We make fewer mistakes because we have the level of our intensity under control. A player with fight has a contained fire burning in his or her belly. This emerges as focused passion. Players with fight never lose a game; they just run out of time.Perhaps I should have chosen a different word. Fight has some negative connotations that I don’t want to communicate. In no way is this mortar quality about an opponent. There was a time when I would talk about ‘being better than the opponent.’ I don’t anymore. Make no mistake; I always want to win, but I never fight with an opponent. My fight is within me—it is the struggle to be the best I can be at whatever I do.
  • Block 22: Competitive Greatness
    
    
    " Be at your best when your best is needed. Enjoyment of a difficult challenge."Being competitively great has two simple parts: “real love of a hard battle” and “being at your best when your best is needed.” Coach felt that “being at your best when your best is needed” is a result of being prepared: having the other blocks of the Pyramid in place.

  
  

Block 24: Faith (through prayer)

Believe and Achieve. Positive belief.The Bible tells us that we are not just to pray, but rather to pray believing. If we are specifically told to believe when we pray, then it must be possible to pray and not believe. Not all prayer brings results. Only believing prayer moves God and receives from Him.

Block 25: Patience (good things take time)

Physical exercise will not only improve your body, but it will also improve your brain power. Neurogenesis is the birth of new neurons in our brain. Exercise increases the levels of brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) which supports neurogenesis.

How to make this work:

1. Start an exercise routine. Read my article This 24 Hour Workout Will Leave You Thinking, Looking And Feeling So Good for more ideas on how to start one.
2. Change your diet. Eliminate refined sugars and start taking vitamins to improve the functioning of your brain.

REFLETCION 

He brought an entire community together, inspired them with championships, and taught them how to master the fundamental skills that turn any dream into reality. The gyms he coached in became chapels, the court a pulpit where he preached a different kind of success approach.

Wooden spent decades identifying the characteristics and traits that help define a successful person and narrowed the list to 25 common behaviors. By 1948, he created the iconic triangular diagram and named it the “Pyramid of Success.”

When Coach Wooden introduced the world to the pyramid of sucess, he offered us all a roadmap for individual and team excellence—the same roadmap he used to build a legacy unmatched in the game of basketball. coach wooden is a great basketball players and a coach