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Wooden’s Wisdom | Volume 5 | Issue 236 John Wooden viewed his ability to learn from others as the source for whatever expertise he acquired. In his book Wooden on Leadership, with Steve Jamison, Coach put it this way:
Indeed, Coach’s learning from others never stopped. When asked the keys to successful aging at the age of ninety eight Coach responded: Stay busy, stay active, enjoy every day like it is your masterpiece, have some variety and try to learn something new every day. John Wooden got this philosophy of life from his father Joshua who taught him:
Joshua Wooden also reminded his son: You’ll never know a thing that you didn’t learn from someone else. The road to great results is only through constant improvement. Constant improvement is only achieved from learning from others. When we really listen to others, we learn. I never heard Coach Wooden interrupt anybody while they were speaking. We must really listen; not be thinking about something else or what we are going to say next when the other person is through talking. We learn from others by listening to learn, not listening so we can talk next. When we listen to learn we avoid fitting the mold of the maxim: Too many know the last word about everything and the first word about nothing. In an interview with Steve Churm for a 2005 edition of the OC Metro, Coach was asked: What makes a good leader?
In his book Wooden on Leadership, with Steve Jamison, Coach comments on consistent listening leading to consistent improvement:
As Coach constantly reminded us:
Yours in Coaching
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