John Wooden’s famous Pyramid of Success has 15 characteristic blocks that lead to success. However, the structure is held together by 10 corner blocks.
Graduation season is known for inspiring commencement speeches. Today, we’ll focus on a special graduation gift.
If you’re a regular to BIGG success, you know that we love John Wooden. He made history as a coach, and among his accomplishments was winning 10 NCAA championships. He also created the Pyramid of Success which has 15 characteristic blocks that lead to success.
In his book, “They Call Me Coach,” Wooden tells the story of his father giving him a gift for graduation. A piece of paper with handwritten words of wisdom, which included the creed.
Fate will conspire against you
We want to be clear here – we believe that there’s no question about it…
You have a destiny to fulfill.
Fate wants you to succeed. But first…
It needs to know if YOU want to succeed!
So:
Fate will put obstacles in your way
Fate will throw challenges at you
Fate will do all kinds of thing to try to get you to quit, to give up
It’s all a test – will you remain stubborn in the pursuit of BIGG success?
If so, Fate will become your partner in BIGG success!
Stubbornness is your only hope
(And we’re speaking from experience here!)
There will be times along the way when you feel like quitting. You’ll be down. You’ll be out. You’ll feel horribly discouraged. You may have a sense of despair.
It’s at those times that you have to reach down and grab hold of the one thing you can count on – your stubbornness.
Stubbornness will keep you from giving up
Stubbornness will lead you out of the abyss
Stubbornness will help you find a way
Stubbornness will pull you up so you try one more time
Stubbornness is your only hope
Stubbornness leads to BIGG success!
Do you think stubbornness is a positive trait of successful entrepreneurs?
A lot of people are parked. In most cases, they don’t realize how much risk they are taking by remaining stationary.
Parking for fear
For some, it’s a perpetual state. They don’t move because of fear – fear of failure, fear of embarrassment, fear of what others will say or think, and even fear of success.
They think they can avoid risk by remaining parked. In reality, they are taking the biggest risk of all. It’s sad because they are doomed to the life they now have if they don’t change.
Parking to celebrate
Others are parked because they just hit a BIGG goal. It’s healthy to take a little time to celebrate your successes. However, you’ll never reach BIGG success if you rest on your laurels. John Wooden said it best:
“Remember this your lifetime through;
Tomorrow there will be more to do.
And failure waits for all who stay
With some success made yesterday.
Tomorrow you must try once more,
And even harder than before.”
Parking to look at the map
In some cases, people are parked because they don’t know where to go next. This can lead to failure if you spend too much time off the road.
If you’re not sure how to reach the next level of success, maybe we can help you with the map. Check out our coaching packages.
Parking is at your own risk. Get on the expressway to BIGG success – even if you have to throw it in reverse first.
And it has little to do with his incredible coaching accomplishments. ESPN named him the Coach of the Twentieth Century. We disagree – we think he’s the best coach ever!
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