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Success is a Choice: Ten Steps to Overachieving in Business by Rick Pitino (1920-01-01) Paperback

4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 93 ratings

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Customers find the book motivating and informative for personal and professional development. They describe it as well-written, easy to read, and straightforward. The author conveys his ideas succinctly, framed with personal success stories.

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Customers find the book motivating and informative. They say it's a great guide for personal and professional development, teaching about success without bragging. The author is good at covering psychological aspects of becoming what you want to be. Overall, readers find the book helpful for getting on track with business and life.

"...It also drives you in a motivational way and sucks you into a story teaching about succes, not bragging about it...." Read more

"...But I found it very helpful for me... and I think that is probably as good as it gets!" Read more

"...And even though I care nothing about basketball, it is still a very compelling and motivational tome. This is money well spent, guaranteed." Read more

"Being a tennis coach, I really enjoyed reading this book...." Read more

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Customers find the book well-written and easy to read. They appreciate the straightforward approach and clear communication of the author's ideas, framed with his personal successes.

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"The book is informative and well written. If selling is your game, this is a good strategy planner for most independent business folks." Read more

"Great read. Pitino hits the mark with his observations of leadership? Winning attitude. Use in every day life. Great motivation." Read more

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  • Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 1998
    Years ago, channel surfing in Providence, RI, I came across a TV show hosted by then-unknown Providence College basketball coach Rick Pitino. Expecting to hear a half hour of coach-speak about winning the next game, I instead saw one of the most intelligent, detailed analyses of basketball strengths and weaknesses that I ever heard in my life. Thinking that anyone this prepared and disciplined could succeed at nearly anything, it was no surprise when he guided a previously obscure team to the Final Four that year.
    In Success Is A Choice, Pitino again succeeds in transcending the standard eat-your-vegetables advice about working hard and succeeding. His ten steps to success are all things you've heard before, but are coupled with the same intelligent analysis and passion that helped Pitino grab his own personal brass rings. His anecdotes from life on the basketball court translate well to the shop floor or the boardroom, and show a depth of understanding human motivation that goes far beyond slogans. This is a guide that will make you hungry to get started doing the hard work it takes to succeed. -- Rich Gallagher, author of Smile Training Isn't Enough.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2008
    What does this book have what Phil Jackson's and Pat Riley's don't have? Talent, just unspoiled talent. This book deals with the basics, the players who are not stars yet but have the potential to emerge to one. Besides that, it deals with business and not only sports. Especially useful as many of the readers earn their money in business, not in sports.

    Pitino's gameplan is simple and pure. When you read about it you can instantly apply it to a situation near your work or at home. It also drives you in a motivational way and sucks you into a story teaching about succes, not bragging about it.

    Definitly the best book written by a coach when you're still in the minor leagues yourself.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2002
    Everything he says in the book makes sense. Then again you can figure out every one of his points by just reading the table of contents.

    The most enjoyable part was the real life examples that make you feel that anything he says is possible
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    Like all books you should use the "shopping cart" method knowing you won't agree with everything and that is ok. The stuff you don't like don't put in your "shopping" cart but leave it. The stuff you do like, take it with you and apply it.

    Book is well organized and easy to read. I'm glad my boss recommended it to me and I'm the farthest thing from a sports fan and still enjoyed it well enough. . . though it seemed pretty basic after reading the table of contents. But I guess we all need a reminder to go back to the basics once in a while.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2013
    Bought this for my son ... a 17 year old basketball player ... WELL, if you have teenagers, you know that you can't put something in front of them and expect them to look at it much less read it. (What was I thinking? Hope springs eternal!!) So I read it!! LOVED it!! And if my son gets to reading it, all the better. But I found it very helpful for me... and I think that is probably as good as it gets!
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  • Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2015
    Greatest book I've ever read. It is the only book I've ever bought multiple copies of and passed to my friends and family. And even though I care nothing about basketball, it is still a very compelling and motivational tome. This is money well spent, guaranteed.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2024
    I'm old enough and have been in business long enough that I can scan a book to get the good stuff and toss the stuff that doesn't matter.

    I'm on Amazon today to buy 10 copies of this book to hand out to others. It's that good.

    I don't know what kept me from reading this 15 or 20 years ago...it was on my shelf....it even has a dozen pages with my own hand written comments on the side...but I didn't make it all the way through at that time.

    For whatever reason, I guess I wasn't ready for it at the time. But I sure was in the last few weeks.

    I grabbed it off my bookshelf and started reading....it takes a bit to get "into it" but man o' man...what a powerhouse book!

    If you need a good primer to get off your butt and get to it....this is it. If you need a book to show you simply how to get past all the naysayers....this is that book. Want a book on how to deal with employee issues that is without fail? BUY THIS BOOK.

    But most importantly....READ THIS BOOK.
  • Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2011
    Being a tennis coach, I really enjoyed reading this book. He consistently uses references from his coaching experiences to convey his teaching points - almost all of which can be can be used for different sports or industries. Pitino also has a knack for being able to motivate people the right way, and it certainly shows in his book.
  • Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2016
    Rick Pitino conveys his ideas succinctly, framed with his personal successes and failures. Like he says, you choose to succeed or fail, and you should only reward yourself when you work hard. I recommend it. Pitino is your coach!
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book
    Reviewed in Canada on January 19, 2025
    Excellent book on motivation.