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Lessons from Sports

Athletic competition offers a familiar but meaningful metaphor for winning, succeeding, pursing excellence and being disciplined. From deciding how to attack business challenges to seeking personal motivation, the answers you want may come from the multifaceted world of sports where learning to play ball has a myriad of meanings.

Summaries

Book

Wake Up With Purpose!

What I’ve Learned in My First Hundred Years
Sister Jean Schmidt and Seth Davis
Harper Select, 2023
8 Book

Business the NHL Way

Lessons from the Fastest Game on Ice
Norm O'Reilly and Rick Burton
University of Toronto Press, 2022
9 Book

The Power of Playing Offense

A Leader's Playbook for Personal and Team Transformation
Paul Epstein
Amplify, 2021
9 Article

Money Really Talks in the NCAA

High-level college sports have long been operated like a business, generating billions in revenue each year. And finally, top athletes are able to share in a piece of the pie. But just how exactly does the NCAA's new status quo operate?
Brian Boyle
Daily Upside, 2023
8 Video
Boomer Esiason et al.
Talks at Google, 2019
9 Book

The Right Call

What Sports Teach Us About Work and Life
Sally Jenkins
Gallery Books, 2023
8 Book

Out Of Comfort Zone

Cutting Edge Business Lessons Based on Sports Psychology from the Experience of an Extreme Swimmer
Deniz Kayadelen
Deniz Kayadelen, 2020
8 Book

Management Wisdom from the New York Yankees' Dynasty

What Every Manager Can Learn from a Legendary Team
Lance A. Berger and Dorothy R. Berger
Lance Berger, Dorothy Berger, 2005
Book

Row the Boat

A Never-Give-Up Approach to Lead with Enthusiasm and Optimism and Improve Your Team and Culture
Jon Gordon and P.J. Fleck
Wiley, 2021
8 Book

The Kaepernick Effect

Taking a Knee, Changing the World
Dave Zirin
The New Press, 2021
9 Book

Real Wins

Race, Leadership and How to Define Success
Michelle Moore
Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2022
8 Article

He’s Baseball’s Only Mud Supplier. It’s a Job He May Soon Lose.

Jim Bintliff collects the Delaware River mud that is smeared on Major League baseballs to make them less slippery. But that tradition is in jeopardy.
Dan Barry
The New York Times, 2022