#83 - Lynn Guerin on Legendary Coach John Wooden's Wisdom for a Thriving Life

Lynn Guerin is the CEO of The John Wooden Course, and the President of Guerin Marketing Services, helping individuals and organizations reach their full potential in life. He is also the author of Coach 'Em'Way Up: Five Lessons for Leading the John Wooden Way. Lynn spent significant periods of time in the presence of legendary UCLA basketball Coach John Wooden before his passing in 2010, learning a great deal of wisdom from this "philosopher-coach" who impacted the lives of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Walton and many others. Lynn now shares this wisdom with us. 

The profundity of insights in this conversation is beyond compare. You’ll hear Lynn describe Coach Wooden’s moral, physical and emotional discipline which lead him to becoming one of the greatest coaches in history. We dig deep into Coach Wooden's definition of success which helped him stay present, calm and at peace day to day. And the Pyramid of Success, which Lynn believes might be the "best kept secret in the history of American culture and the most important idea that has not become the center of how we think about who we are as a nation."

(Below are time stamps to quickly navigate to many other poignant pieces of wisdom shared in this discussion.)

12.46 - Inner peace and the ego-based actions so prevalent in today's world

16.13 - How he declined a meeting with the President of the United States because he had an appointment with a youngster.

24.48 - Wooden's personal routines

25.38 - How he engineered every 24 hours, prepping 2 hours for a 2 hour practice

32.30 - Defining success

33.09 - Defining success and the American Dream

34.19 - Looked at the 7pt creed every day of his life for 80 years

36.40 - More concerned with living to a standard than his standard of living

37.02 - Never mentioned "winning"

37.32 - He had a standard higher than winning which eventually produced success on the court.

38.28 - Coached 16 years before winning his 1st championship

Many thanks to Lynn Guerin.

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