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Growing Bolder contributor and author Pat Williams enjoyed a long friendship with the legendary coach John Wooden. Pat explains why he wanted to surprise the late coach for his 100th birthday with a book that details Wooden's 7 guiding principles.

Just about anything can fly if it has enough power and obeys a few basic aeronautical principles. Even a lawnmower.

He's come up with four leadership principles he thinks we can all live by, and rather than writing a run-of-the-mill how-to book, Harold "Bud" Boughton imagines how a dying father would teach his kids a final lesson.

John Wooden became well-known as a basketball coach but his common-sense principles of success have made him one of the world's most sought after speakers.

John Wooden is a legendary basketball coach whose common-sense principles of success have made him one of the world's most sought after speakers.