Choice Not Chance

Choose to be a champion. Throughout her pioneering career in college basketball, Coach Joanne P. McCallie has followed a simple philosophy: Choice, not chance, determines destiny. Choose to become a champion in life. From her first head coaching position at age 26 to her current role as head coach for the Duke Blue Devils, McCallie has enjoyed sharing these principles with her winning teams and the youth in the communities where she and her family have lived. Now you can apply this tested approach to your work and life challenges with Choice Not Chance. Going beyond McCallie's highlights and victories, this book reveals the daily work her leadership demands, including the sacrifices, setbacks, loneliness, and joys she experienced as she persevered in developing her beliefs. It also includes how she drew strength from other leaders, including Joe Ciampi, Tom Izzo, legendary Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski, and, briefly but poignantly, iconic women's basketball coach for NC State, Kay Yow. In Choice Not Chance, you'll find universal, no-nonsense lessons for anyone who wants to be the best and inspire those around them. You'll learn to build stronger teamwork, make better and more effective decisions, and foster competition as you discover how to: Think reasonably and make decisions based on reason over emotion Ignore the scoreboard and focus on what's important to be a process-driven thinker Attract the right people to work in your organization by virtue of your principles Lead under any circumstances Create a competitive cauldron and love what competition teaches Joanne P. McCallie's career highlights how deter-mination, hard work, and living passionately can energize us to go beyond our limits and achieve our dreams. Let her wisdom inspire you to pursue your highest goals in business and life, and make your success a matter of Choice Not Chance.