The John R. Wooden Course

The John R. Wooden Course The John R. Wooden Course teaches the values, principles, life lessons and wisdom of legendary UCLA Wooden. It was a humble beginning, full of hope and vision.

In July of 2000, Lynn Guerin , President of Guerin Marketing Services, wrote a heartfelt letter to legendary UCLA basketball coach, John R. The motivation for the letter was a challenge proposed by Neville Johnson, a self-styled Wooden autobiographer and successful Beverly Hills lawyer who spent nearly twenty years writing a 500+ page epistle of Wooden’s life. Johnson wrote: “spread John Wooden’s

ideas and values. Pass along the ‘Pyramid of Success!’ Think about it. Talk about it. Practice its tenets. Teach it to your children.”

As a 29-year veteran consultant and trainer with some of America’s most successful companies, Guerin knew that people today were still searching for a “success formula” similar to Webster’s definition, “the accumulation of material possessions and wealth, or the attainment of a position of power and prestige.” Yet that definition stood in stark contrast to Wooden’s, “Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of the self-satisfaction in knowing that you made the effort to do your best to become the best of which you are capable.” Touched by Johnson’s challenge, Guerin felt that the work Wooden began in 1934 was unfinished, chiefly because it had only directly reached a few hundred young men at UCLA. The vast majority of society had simply missed out on the benefit of John Wooden’s tutelage, and one more book written about his amazing life could only accomplish so much.

Sharing a Lakers Cavs game with son Cole Chance to see Cole’s high school teammate Evan Mobley
11/06/2022

Sharing a Lakers Cavs game with son Cole Chance to see Cole’s high school teammate Evan Mobley

Santa Monica beach from the balcony with Tracy and 40 year friend Dave Velasquez
10/02/2022

Santa Monica beach from the balcony with Tracy and 40 year friend Dave Velasquez

04/01/2022

John Wooden breaks down "Intentness". Want to find out more about what his definition of "Intentness" means? Click on the video!

02/25/2022

"In the second tier, I've placed four blocks. Self Control, Alertness, Initiative, Intentness. You must have self control in whatever you are doing..."

01/28/2022

"Friendship, work at it. Too often we take friendship for granted. You have to work at friendship, you have to work at making friends..."

Woodenism 15 - Not all work is productive. Coach Wooden placed Industriousness on the Pyramid of Success to make sure yo...
11/02/2021

Woodenism 15 - Not all work is productive. Coach Wooden placed Industriousness on the Pyramid of Success to make sure you’re making productive and smart effort, which comes from hard work and careful planning. Is the work you’re doing focused and intentful?

10/26/2021

Coach Wooden admired Abraham Lincoln because he said he never met a person that he did not learn something from. Having Alertness will make you aware of the many opportunities there are to learn.

Happy Birthday to the greatest coach of all time! Coach would have been 111 years old today. Rest in peace.
10/14/2021

Happy Birthday to the greatest coach of all time! Coach would have been 111 years old today. Rest in peace.

John Wooden's Pyramid of Success works as a roadmap to proven successful behaviors. Take our free individual assessment ...
10/05/2021

John Wooden's Pyramid of Success works as a roadmap to proven successful behaviors.

Take our free individual assessment today and see what your strengths and weaknesses are: https://t.co/0Q5lBLpO0S?amp=1

10/01/2021

John Wooden didn’t only look at reputation when scouting players, but also their character. Reputation is what you’re perceived to be, character is who you truly are. To him, this helped him determine who would be a team player and who would be a selfish one.

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09/09/2021

John Wooden knew that basketball will only be an important for a portion of your life, but education will be meaningful for all of your life. However he believed that the skills and discipline you learn from sports can be meaningful for your later years.

Though the Pyramid of Success went through many changes to be perfected, Coach Wooden said he never change Industriousne...
09/06/2021

Though the Pyramid of Success went through many changes to be perfected, Coach Wooden said he never change Industriousness. He knew hard work was necessary to success.

Happy Labor Day to all the hard working men and women!

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