Surrender The Outcome: The Path to an Impactful Life of Coaching, Leading, and Living

by Brook Cupps

Overview

Mick is your typical coach: focused on winning the next game while appearing to maintain complete control of his team. Through many failures and much self-reflection, Mick discovers a better way to gauge success-on the court and in life. Mick's journey towards his own definition of success leads him to the realization of a powerful process that: can transform the impact of all leaders regardless of their area of influence: Gain Self-Awareness, Clarify Your Purpose, Enact Courage, Build Your Personal Standards, Surrender the Outcome empowers you to live an intentional life that magnifies your impact on all those around you.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780578982069
Publisher:	Blue Collar Grit, LLC
Publication date:	09/01/2021
Pages:	230
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.52(d)

About the Author

Brook Cupps is a teacher and the head basketball coach at Centerville High School in Centerville, Ohio. In his 22nd year in education, Cupps has been a head coach for 21 years and is in his 10th season at Centerville. In the classroom he leads students in two leadership classes for which he wrote the curriculum. His Foundational Leadership class focuses on leading oneself while Transformational Leadership explores how to best lead others. Cupps is a high school graduate of Graham High School, has an undergraduate degree in Secondary Math Education from Capital University, and earned his Master's Degree in Educational Leadership from the University of Dayton.On the court, Cupps has earned several coach of the year honors while guiding his Centerville teams to multiple sweet 16 and elite 8 appearances. His 2021 team recorded a school record 26 wins on the way to the Division I State Championship, first in school history. Prior to Centerville Coach Cupps spent nine years as the head coach at St. Paris Graham High School in rural Southwest Ohio where he taught Geometry, Advanced Math, and AP Calculus before serving the last five years as the school's Athletic Director. His 2008 team advanced to the school's first-ever final four.In addition to his time at Centerville and Graham, Cupps spent five summers helping coach the North Coast Blue Chips where his son, Gabe, teamed up with Bronny James. The 'Chips' were a national sensation in the grassroots basketball world from 2014-2019, winning two youth National Championships along the way. He now coaches the 17U Midwest Basketball Club team playing on the Adidas 3SSB circuit. The 2021 MBC team finish 35-5 and as a top ten team in the country.Cupps also teaches leadership and writes a weekly blog on his bluecollargrit.com site.Coach Cupps resides in Centerville, Ohio with his wife, Betsy, daughter, Ally (20), and son Gabe (17).

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

The Story 5

Chapter 1 The Popcorn 7

Chapter 2 Lette Lowers The Boom 11

Chapter 3 The Flat Taste of a Season's End 21

Chapter 4 Dad Talks Turkey 27

Chapter 5 Mom Weighs In 37

Chapter 6 Finding My Purpose 45

Chapter 7 Finding My Core Values 55

Chapter 8 Revisiting My Purpose 63

Chapter 9 Living Our Values Out Loud: Critical Behaviors 71

Chapter 10 Committing to the Path: Tryouts 81

Chapter 11 The Challenge to Stand Up for Values 87

Chapter 12 Walking the Talk (Or Not) 97

Chapter 13 Finding My Mantra 103

Chapter 14 The Real Mick Shows Up 107

Chapter 15 Adding Our Beliefs 113

Chapter 16 Sam's Return 119

Chapter 17 Regionals 125

Chapter 18 The Water Bottle 129

Chapter 19 Man in the Arena 135

Chapter 20 It All Comes Together 141

Chapter 21 Off Season Reflection 151

Discovering Your Core 157

Leading Through Core Values 159

The 4 Pillars of Core Values - based Leadership 161

Pillar 1 Self-Awareness 163

Pillar 2 Purpose 167

Pillar 3 Courage 177

Pillar 4 Personal Standards 183

Disclaimer 189

To Parents 191

Testimonials 193

Acknowledgements 215