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Above the Line

Lessons in Leadership and Life from a Championship Season

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Above the Line

By: Urban Meyer, Wayne Coffey
Narrated by: Jason Culp
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The instant New York Times best seller.

Remarkable lessons in leadership and team building from one of the greatest football coaches of our time.

Urban Meyer has established himself as one of the elite in the annals of his sport, having lead his players to three national championships. In Above the Line, he offers listeners his unparalleled insights into leadership, team building, and the keys to empowering people to achieve things they might never have thought possible. Meyer shares his groundbreaking game plan - the game plan followed every day in the Ohio State Buckeyes’ championship season - for creating a culture of success built on trust and a commitment to a common purpose. Packed with real life examples from Meyer’s storied career, Above the Line delivers wisdom and inspiration for taking control and turning setbacks into victories for a team, a family, or a Fortune 500 company.

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Excellent Read!

Wonderful points to leading a team. Great insight and use of application.
Would not recommend if you do not know football lingo...may get lost in the details.

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Great leadership principles & fun for Buckeye fans

I thought this was a great book that really pulled together important keys to developing a truly united team in the context of a national championship season at The Ohio State University. Plus it was just a lot of fun to read!

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Just a great leadership book

If you could sum up Above the Line in three words, what would they be?

Three words? I can do it it in three letters B.C.D. is the acronym I have been looking for my entire business life. Blame Complain Defend If you can get BCD out of your team and your family life the world has to become a magical and successful place. To say it is a work in progress in both places for me would be an massive understatement. Trying to convince an 8 year old who's favorite pastime is arguing and proving herself right that eliminating BCD behavior is the way to go is quite a bit more difficult then trying it with a team of sales people, and that is proving quite a bit difficult by itself. This gives me some hope if he can make it happen with 18-22 year old elite athletes most of whom probably have never heard the word no until they got to campus.

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this is absolutely a book that I would like to listen to in one sitting.

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This is a book that I will continue to go back to you on a pretty regular basis for motivation on leadership.

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Amazing story of leadership!

What an engaging story to illustrate great leadership in action. I especially loved the recounting of lessons learned. It comes from a place of gratitude and humbleness—great attributes for any leader. If you coach people, whether in the classroom, business, or in sports, you’ll learn a lot from Urban.

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One of the best Coaching books I’ve ever read

So many things that have happened in my coaching experience are in this book and he does a great job of letting you understand how he did it. 5/5 all day!

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A leadership masterpiece

Urban Meyer's story of the 2014 Ohio State Buckeyes is a fresh take at achieving a work/life balance in the pursuit of excellence in your chosen field. Great for anyone who wants to know how to be or understand the finer points of being a leader, "Above the Line" is a great book to give you a template for that task. Jason Culp's performance doesn't overdramatize the message and strikes a pitch perfect tone.

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Very helpful and inspiring

I appreciate knowing all the psychological training behind high performing sport teams. Very inspiring I loved it

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great.

really enjoyed the book. lotta lessons on leadership and culture. reinforced with football and life stories. read it.

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Athletics to Business applications

Great audio book. The principles used by Urban Meyer are well thought out and tested with his players. Most all of them would be applicable to the business setting from the 10/80/10 rule to the behavior exhibited by Above the Line employees. I learned a lot and have given a book to each of my 8 product management employees so they can learn the same qualities needed for successful leadership. Great book!

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Excellent

this is definitely my favorite leadership Business book of all time, and I'm not even a Buckeye fan!

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