Terry Bowden

[Dallas Brave]

Had a chance to listen to, and visit with, Terry Bowden today. He is a great motivational speaker. He lays out his keys to being a succesful leader in a very entertaining manner drawing on stories from his days as a player at West Virginia, head coach at Auburn, and his Dad (Bobby Bowden).

His four questions that one needs to ask themself to be successful as a leader are:

1. Do you want to be the best? Do you have the will to win?
2. Are you willing to pay the price to win? (The secret to success is that there is no secret. It takes dedicated hard work and commitment ... there is no secret shortcut). Are you willing to adapt and take risk? Do you seek ideas to find a better way?
3. Can you work together in a team. Can you motivate your team to play better than their team?
4. Will you take responsibility?

As a list, they don't sound like anything you don't already know. But Terry brings these tenets to life with examples and stories that really get you pumped up. If you ever have a chance to hear this guy live, do it.