That said, I'd be apprehensive about suggesting this book to a young and upcoming leader because there are portions of Walsh's ways that resemble micromanagement.

Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. ‘Phones were answered in a professional manner… Eventually – within months, in fact – a high level of professionalism began to emerge within our entire organisation.’A team’s ‘culture’ or their lockerroom ‘culture’ has become a buzz word of sorts in the recent NFL discourse. The key insight is that you can control certain things: in his case what he calls "Standard of Performance", which is everybody needs to measure up to that standard of excellence. It’s valuable because it was full of things that are the complete opposite of what the media, … Continue reading The Score Takes Care Of Itself: Book Summary →

Jack Dorsey says this book had a major influence on him. I could close my eyes and literally see all twenty two men running and responding to some specific play I had drawn up.’Walsh goes on to demonstrate the success of scripting offensive plays, writing ‘during my second seasons [as Stanford head coach], Stanford scored on our Although scripting evolved to become a must in every play-callers preparation and method, it began as a direct result of Walsh’s own genius – his willingness to be ready for everything.

I was even more impressed when he wrote a detailed plan on how to conduct yourself in public and how to develop the proper network of friends when times are going bad. Maybe there’s some external, confounding variable that’s affecting your data. Jack Dorsey.

It was perhaps an eclectic mix of discipline, street smartness and unconventional wisdom coupled with deep knowledge about the game that helped Bill Walsh shape the greatest team in NFLI wish I could give this book 10 stars out of 5. One of Sam Altman's answers to "What are some of the best books you recommend for a young startup founder?" 2. Honing and utilising Carter’s strengths rather than stewing on his weaknesses. One day, competitors will start gaining on you in your top marketing channel.Plan for getting hit with a hard punch that will knock you down.Accept that it’s going to happen.

As Bill claims, “once you master these 5 parts, you can become a great leader.”Truly inspiring story, great leadership lessons! That’s what few winners realise and explains to some degree why repeating is so difficult.’One of the main concepts that appear more than once in These days it’s commonly referred to as the ‘Super Bowl hangover’, but Walsh’s success disease is a real thing. You could’ve gotten lucky. My previous knowledge of him was no more than superficial. The Score Takes Care Of Itself by Bill Walsh is a close look at the management style and philosophy of a coach that won 3 Super Bowls. Sam Altman . The Score Takes Care of Itself by Steve Jamison and Craig Walsh is in my mind the best book to read if you are a leader or someone of a high position in an organization. The first time I read this book, it blew my mind.

I think it is amazing how he emphasized that doing things with class and acting like a winner even if you are a loser what is the way one should be. 5.

This one did in surprising ways. The other 20% is outside your control. It was perhaps an eclectic mix of discipline, street smartness and unconventional wisdom coupled with deep knowledge about the game that helped Bill Walsh shape the greatest team in NFL.This book is radically different from most leadership books because it talks about the demons Bill Walsh himself had to fight all his life and how he got past them to create history.

It’s everyone.There’s a positive network effect when it comes to people trying to push each other to do the best work possible.“NFL football is no different from any professional endeavor, boxing or business or anything where the stakes are significant and the competition extreme: When knocked down, you must get up; you must stand and fight.”This one reminds me of Jeff Bezos again, another person who is full of counter-intuitive thought patterns.Jeff and Bill are basically saying that consistently winning is difficult, and you won’t win every time.If you’re doing things that are worth doing, you’re going to have competition and losing every now and then is inevitable.But you shouldn’t be stressed out by it.