A Passion to Lead: Seven Leadership Secrets for Success in Business, Sports, and Life Book

I genuinely enjoy reading biographies to learn about the road individuals took to become successful. Everybody's path is different and everybody faces adversity. That's life; and it's fascinating learning about that. While Calhoun used his intelligence and passion to become a Hall of Fame basketball coach, a lot this book in my opinion was contrived. Pick up any management book and you'll see a lot these lessons. What I did like was learning how he rose in the coaching industry. How he became successful. Again, everyone's road is different and I always enjoy that.

Also, this book feels a bit dated. It doesn't help that it was written 13 years ago, while Calhoun was still coaching and a few years from his third championship. Perhaps the book would be a bit more tantalizing if it was written after retirement. Perhaps refocus it as simply a memoir instead of a marketing it as another generic "How to be Successful in Business" from a championship coach.