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Title: Russell Rules: 11 Lessons on Leadership from the Twentieth Century's Greatest Winner by Bill Russell, Alan Hilburg, David Falkner ISBN: 0-451-20388-7 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: May, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.91 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Useful, Insightful, Inspirational
Comment: Bill Russell has never been called conventional. With the myriad of self-help, leadership and personal improvement books in the marketplace, it's hard to break through the clutter...RUSSELL RULES clearly does. This book, like the author, is a WINNER.
As a woman, I was a little skeptical of the usefullness of the book, quite expecting a macho look at winning. A lot of kick butt talk and posturing.
I read this book and found the lessons applicable within minutes with my family and other situations we all experience on a daily basis.
The chapters on listening vs. hearing was particularly meaningful and are worth reading and rereading. He also introduces a very unique concept that is simple in meaning but powerful in reality; the concept of outside-in thinking.
This book is for everyone and we are going to introduce it as the first book of its kind to our book club.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Must Read
Comment: you can Never say enough about the Legacy of Bill Russell.The Man has words of Wisdom&He sheds Light on it.this Book brings you into His Views&what got Him to His Destiny.a must read from a Man who Proved on&off the court He was a Winner&one step ahead of the curve.
Rating: 2
Summary: Read Second Wind Instead
Comment: I was severely disappointed by this book.
First off, I am a huge admirer of Russell, on and off the court. I have loved his writing in the past, his book "Second Wind" is probably my all-time favorite. I admire his courage, his humor, his stubbornness. I still think he was the best NBA color commentator ever!!!
But this book is awful. Part of it is the whole genre, that successful sports figures and organizations can teach executives and companies the secrets of success. There is only so much you can say on the subject, and it has been said too many times and often by people who should keep their mouths shut. Just off the top of my head, Mike Jarvis who was fired mid-season by St. John's University is an example of that.
That said, there are four other drawbacks with the book.
First off, it is incredibly repetitious. His 11 points can be easily condensed into 4 or 5. Midway into the book, I felt it would make a decent magazine article but it was stretched out terribly. How many times do we have to hear about how he and KC Jones were such students of the game.
By harping on the lessons learned on the Celtics, Bill goes against much of what he has said in the past. I have heard him many times state that winning and losing has nothing to do with character, it has everything to do with who has the better players. If you can reconcile that with the premise of this book, you have me.
Another issue is his plugging of the National Mentoring organization. I agree with the virtues of mentoring, but the whole plugging seemed like Russell trying to justify to himself the reason for writing the book.
Finally, I firmly believe that you are as good as your record says you are. Russell often says that winning is the only measure. But away from the Celtics, Russell was not much of a winner. He was involved with the Sonics for a few years and had a brief period of success with them. But after a period of subsequent failure, he left by mutual agreement. He was bored and sick of the job and they weren't asking him to stay. He subsequently took a coaching job with the Kings that was even more disastrous.
So if Russell has all the lessons of success from his Celtic days, then why couldn't he repeat them outside of Auerbachland?
If you were to look for ex-players who have repeated their stardom off the court, you can look at Jerry West or Bill Sharman.
The book is not a complete loss. To those unfamiliar with Russell and the Celtics, there is some good information. Plus Russell makes some interesting comparisons between Wilt's style and his own. But overall, the book is a disappointment to me.
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Title: Power to Burn: Michael Ovitz and the New Business of Show Business by Stephen Singular ISBN: 1559723351 Publisher: Birch Lane Pub. Date: August, 1996 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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Title: Value Migration: How to Think Several Moves Ahead of the Competition by Adrian J. Slywotzky, McGraw-Hill Harvard Business School Pr, Adrian J. Slywotsky ISBN: 0875846327 Publisher: Harvard Business School Press Pub. Date: January, 1996 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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