Promoting Health & Wealth - Focus Your Time and achieve a 10!

On June 4, 2010, John Robert Wooden died just a few short months of his 100th birthday. He was a basketball coach, one was the first of three men to be admitted to the Basketball Hall of Fame in two categories - first as a player and then as a coach. When asked how he achieved 10 national championships he shared this formula.

10 = C + F + U (Conditioning + Fundamentals + Unity)

Steve Jamison, co-author with John Wooden for several books, wrote in the Preface of Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organization, Coach Wooden's secret to success was a simple focus - follow this good habits curriculum. He worked with his team players from the inside how. He helped them focus their natural and developed talent to achieve their individual and collective purpose to be the best in their chosen field and team - basketball.

John Wooden was a sports coach, today, organizations are applying his practical methods of focusing on character and inner strength to direct time and enhance results. I would like to suggest that this concept can be applied to families, communities, causes...

What is your 10?

Is it having a loving and contributing family?
For me a 10 is a family that works, plays, laughs and cries together.

Is it having a successful work and career?
For me a 10 is meaningful work and team.

Is it...
Now it's your turn - what would you like your 10 - your focus to be?
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Let's break down Coach Wooden's formula, clarify our focus and identify how we will invest our time.

Conditioning:

What process do I have in place to help me become mentally, physically, financially, socially and emotionally fit?
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Fundamentals:

What basic tenants and principles do I live by that help me to take the moral and ethical high road?
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Unity:

Whom do I have in my team of life and work that helps me to maintain my focus and promote joy, health, prosperity and contribution for all?
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I was saddened by the passing of Coach Wooden - a truly remarkable man. He lived almost a century - strong men wept openly with his passing. And yet, with his passing another legacy has been passed on. I've had this book on my book shelf for several years - it's time to not just read but study and apply.

All the best in health and wealth,

Laura