Come to Win

Business Leaders, Artists, Doctors, and Other Visionaries on How Sports Can Help You Top Your Profession

De: Venus Williams

Narrado por: Abby Craden, Mirron Willis, Paula J. Parker

With Come to Win, Venus Williams, the multiple Grand Slam tennis champion and entrepreneur, along with an esteemed group of business leaders, politicians, and acclaimed artists, serves up a book of wisdom that shows how to turn a competitive spirit and athletic background into success off the playing field.

Combining talent, drive, and hard work, Venus Williams has mastered the game of tennis. How will that drive serve her off the court in her post-tennis career? For inspiration, Venus turned to nearly fifty business leaders, politicians, doctors, and artists, all of whom previously played competitive sports and who are now at the top of their professions, and asked them the essential questions: What principles that inspired you toward success as an athlete are helpful in life? In business?

Here an A-list group of visionaries, including eBay's former CEO Meg Whitman, Nike's co-founder Philip Knight, stateswoman Condoleezza Rice, entrepreneur and former NBA player Earvin "Magic" Johnson, and designer Vera Wang, respond with a useful array of tips woven through anecdotes from their athletic past that have been instrumental in their post-sports life success. Whether it's visualizing a course of action before it happens, turning losses into learning tools, figuring out who best plays what position in a team environment, or remembering that there is no substitute for preparation, the advice in Come to Win is knowledge every manager and aspiring professional will want to read. It's also an indispensable tool for parents and coaches looking to build confidence and discipline in their children.

Venus also reflects on what she has learned from her own coaches, including her father and mother, and how their wisdom contributes to her own remarkable achievements, from her history-making tennis career to the launch of her own businesses: V-Starr Interiors, an interior design firm, and EleVen, an athletic clothing line.

©2010 Venus Williams (P)2010 HarperCollins Publishers

if Click Bait was a Book

I'm sorry I don't like giving bad reviews but slapping Venus' picture on the cover?? knowing full well that she literally has practically nothing to do with this book? This written before the term Click Bait but it's the precursor to it for sure... I was ready to share Venus' thoughts and inspire kids ... after all, her story is inspirational. I tried to go ahead and listen to the book but it's a story or stories I could very well hear my neighbors tell... we all have a story of inspiration in us... its not fair to try to make us listen to the neighbor's story down the street... we don't know them and we're certain that they don't wanna hear our story either....