Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success: Building Blocks For a Better Life

Success is peace of mind that is the direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.

COMPETITIVE GREATNESS Be at your best when your best is needed. Enjoyment of a difficult challenge.

INITIATIVE Cultivate the ability to make decisions and think alone. Do not be afraid of failure, but learn from it.

Mental-Moral-Physical. Rest, exercise and diet must be considered. Moderation must be practiced. Dissipation must be eliminated.

The confidence that comes from thorough preparation and the discipline of self-control usually results in poise.

CONFIDENCE Respect without fear. May come from being prepared and keeping all things in proper perspective.

Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty (Proverbs 21:5).

Most people think of poise as calm, self-assured dignity; but I call it “just being you.”

Your reputation is what you’re perceived to be. Your character is what you really are.

POISE Just being yourself. Being at ease in any situation. Never fighting yourself.