We’re holding our monthly book club on Monday, November 27.

We’ll discuss The Right Call: What Sports Teach Us About Work and Life by Sally Jenkins. Sign up on Team Snap to attend.

Discussion questions

1. What did you learn from this book? What surprised you most about the book?
2. What do you feel is the difference between practicing and conditioning? As a paddler in the Annapolis Dragon Boat Club, do you feel you are practicing or conditioning?
3. The seven principles behind success (see below) form a chain of causality. Which element is your weakest and which is your strongest?
4. What information presented stayed with you the most?
5. How did you like the style of writing by the author?
6. Who do you feel could benefit from reading this book?

Summary

Sportswriter Sally Jenkins has spent her entire adult life observing and writing about great coaches and athletes. With her engaging and expert prose, she has helped shape the way we view these talented sports icons. But somewhere along the line, she realized, they had begun to shape her.

Now, she presents the astonishing inner qualities in these same people that pushed them to overcome pressure, elevate their performances, and discover champion identities. Based on years of observing, interviewing, and analyzing elite coaches and playmakers, such as Bill Belichick, Peyton Manning, Michael Phelps, and more, Jenkins reveals the seven principles behind success:

• Conditioning
• Practice
• Discipline
• Candor
• Culture
• Resilience
• Intention