Bill Walsh · 2009
A leadership guide by a successful football coach detailing his philosophy on organizational culture and high performance.
David Senra values the insight that champions behave like champions before they are champions.
Success is a byproduct of maintaining high standards and professional behavior long before the actual results or victories manifest.
Leaders who want to understand how to instill a championship mindset within an organization to drive long-term performance.
Skip if you are looking for a broad biography of the coach rather than a focused examination of his specific management philosophy.
Summarized from what was said in 2 conversations; the quotes are below.
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“So the book is great. Bill Walsh's The Score Takes Care of Itself. I read it the first time five, six years ago. I read it again. Love the book. I made a podcast on it.”
Why: He loves the book and finds it great.
David Senra, Guest on The Tim Ferriss Show#828: David Senra — How Extreme Winners Think and Win: Lessons from 400+ of History’s Greatest Founders and Investors (Including Buffett, Munger, Rockefeller, Jobs, Ovitz, Zell, and Names You Don’t Know But Should)
“There is a great line in Bill Walsh's book, which is called The Score Takes Care of Itself. And I think this line is very important related to this.”
Why: It contains a line about champions behaving like champions before they are champions.
David Senra, Host on Founders#373 Breakfast with Brad Jacobs + How To Make A Few Billion Dollars
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