The Matheny Manifesto: A Young Manager's Old-School Views on

The Matheny Manifesto: A Young Manager's Old-School Views on Success in Sports and Life

Â â€œNothing worth doing right is easy.â€
â€“Mike Matheny
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Â Â Â Mike Matheny was just forty-one, without professional managerial experience and looking for a next step after a successful career as a Major League catcher, when he succeeded the legendary Tony La Russa as manager of the St. Louis Cardinals in 2012. While Matheny has enjoyed immediate success, leading the Cards to the postseason three times in his first three years, people have noticed something else about his life, something not measured in day-to-day results. Instead, itâ€™s based on a frankly worded letter he wrote to the parents of a Little League team he coached, a cry for change that became an Internet sensation and eventually a â€œmanifesto.â€
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Â Â Â The tough-love philosophy Matheny expressed in the letter contained his throwback beliefs that authority should be respected, discipline and hard work rewarded, spiritual faith cultivated, family made a priority, and humility considered a virtue. In The Matheny Manifesto, he builds on his original letter by first diagnosing the problem at the heart of youth sportsâˆ’hint: it starts with parents and coachesâˆ’and then by offering a hopeful path forward. Along the way, he uses stories from his small-town childhood as well as his career as a player, coach, and manager to explore eight keys to success: leadership, confidence, teamwork, faith, class, character, toughness, and humility.Â
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Â Â Â From â€œThe Coach Is Always Right, Even When Heâ€™s Wrongâ€ to â€œLet Your Catcher Call the Game,â€ Mathenyâ€™s old-school advice might not always be popular or politically correct, but it works. His entertaining and deeply inspirational book will not only resonate with parents, coaches, and athletes, it will also be a powerful reminder, from one of the most successful new managers in the game, of what sports can teach us all about winning on the field and in life.

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Manufacturer Crown
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-02-03
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Crown
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-02-03
Format	Kindle eBook

The Matheny Manifesto: A Young Manager's Old-School Views on Success in Sports and Life

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