Win in Your Life: Follow the Path of Champions

Entrepreneur London, also a rabid Villanova Wildcats fan, offers up 16 pearls of wisdom derived from Villanova basketball coach Jay Wright’s “core values” in this lopsided book. London began his obsession with Villanova basketball in the early 1970s as a freshman at the university. Decades later, his passion for the team is still a significant motivating force. So much so that he dedicates the first four chapters to the team’s history, successes, and failures. The heart of the book, the “sweet 16” lessons that enable readers to prime themselves for success, don’t come into focus until 82 pages in, an extremely long wait unless the reader is an equally enthusiastic Wildcats fan. Once London gets there, the advice is sound, although hardly earth-shattering. He highlights attributes such as a positive attitude, humility, hunger for success, and being a hard worker. Examples of how these attributes successfully play out are mainly from Villanova athletics but also from London’s own business career and from an eclectic array of famous names from the past, including Michelangelo and the Beatles. London would have better served the reader with less Villanova hype and more focus on Coach Wright’s practices, but for those willing to dig, there are takeaways offered throughout. (BookLife)