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Come to win : business leaders, artists, doctors, and other visionaries on how sports can help you top your profession / [compiled] by Venus Williams ; with Kelly E. Carter.

1st ed.

New York, NY : Amistad, 2010.

xxii, 357 pages ; 24 cm

"From multiple grand slam tennis champion and entrepreneur, Venus Williams, comes a book of wisdom -- in the tradition of Brian Kilmeade's THE GAMES DO COUNT and Denzel Washington's A HAND TO GUIDE ME -- on how the principles of competitive athletics translate into business success. Full of insight and knowledge from an A-list cast of politicians, CEOs and media figures, COME TO WIN is the book every aspiring professional should read"-- Provided by publisher.

Sports.

Success.

Success in business.

Conduct of life.

Williams, Venus, 1980-

Carter, Kelly E.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface / Venus Williams -- Pushing through comfort barriers / Thomas Barrack, Jr. -- Make the practice harder than the game / Betsy Bernard -- More fun in saying yes than no / Sir Richard Branson -- Extreme effort / Sarina Bratton -- Sharing the credit and taking the blame / Ken Chenault -- Confidence / Lynn Elsenhans -- The contrasting skills / Brian P. Kelley -- Meritocracy / Hill Harper -- Blocking out distractions / Richie Rich -- Work ethic / Marcus Samuelsson -- The power of reinvention / Vera Wang -- Natural ability will take you only so far / Denzel Washington -- The importance of attitude / Lucy Danziger -- Management 101 / Donny Deutsch -- Learning to compete / Debra Lee -- Endurance / Soledad O'Brien -- Discipline / Robin Roberts -- Don't make the same mistake twice / Jeff Zucker -- Competitive response / Philip Knight -- The scoreboard / Scott McNealy -- Play your game / Susan Mersereau -- Game day / Roger Mincheff -- Consistent improvement / Melissa Payner -- Creating a vision to win / Irene Rosenfeld -- When you win don't crow, when you lose don't cry / Bill Bradley -- One deliverable at a time / Dylan Casey -- Making assists / Earvin "Magic" Johnson -- What am I doing today? / Billie Jean King -- Innate drive / Bobby Rahal -- Attention to detail / Bruce Smith -- Unspectacular preparation yields spectacular results / Roger Staubach -- Do it with passion / Daniel D. Villanueva -- The only results YOU ever remember.

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