Surrender The Outcome: The Path to an Impactful Life of Coaching, Leading, and Living (Paperback or Softback)

Surrender The Outcome is a leadership fable that follows the progress of a longtime basketball coach, Mick, through his traditional, transactional approach to coaching to a new refreshing, impactful, and transformational approach to life. Along the way he receives great wisdom from those closest to him.

Mick is your typical coach to start: focused on winning the next game while appearing to maintain complete control of his team. In his chase for wins, he wins some and loses some like all coaches. Regardless of the record, Mick always finishes the season frustrated and disappointed that his team couldn't squeeze out a few more wins.

Through many failures and much self-reflection, Mick moves beyond the race for wins and discovers a better way to gauge success-on the court and in life. As he begins to focus on his values outside the coaching box, Mick realizes this new approach isn't only better for his team but also for his family and personal life.

Mick's journey towards his own definition of success leads him to the realization of a powerful process that can transform the impact of all leaders regardless of their area of influence. By focusing on gaining self-awareness

• Gain Self-Awareness
• Clarify Your Purpose
• Enact Courage
• Build Your Personal Standards

If you've ever wondered how to live, and lead, the most impactful life possible, then Surrender The Outcome is the book for you. Live the rest of your life with intention and purpose by focusing on the process and surrendering the outcome!

Brook Cupps is a teacher and the head basketball coach at Centerville High School in Centerville, Ohio. In his 22nd year in education, Cupps has been a head coach for 21 years and is in his 10th season at Centerville. In the classroom he leads students in two leadership classes for which he wrote the curriculum. His Foundational Leadership class focuses on leading oneself while Transformational Leadership explores how to best lead others. Cupps is a high school graduate of Graham High School, has an undergraduate degree in Secondary Math Education from Capital University, and earned his Master's Degree in Educational Leadership from the University of Dayton.On the court, Cupps has earned several coach of the year honors while guiding his Centerville teams to multiple sweet 16 and elite 8 appearances. His 2021 team recorded a school record 26 wins on the way to the Division I State Championship, first in school history. Prior to Centerville Coach Cupps spent nine years as the head coach at St. Paris Graham High School in rural Southwest Ohio where he taught Geometry, Advanced Math, and AP Calculus before serving the last five years as the school's Athletic Director. His 2008 team advanced to the school's first-ever final four.In addition to his time at Centerville and Graham, Cupps spent five summers helping coach the North Coast Blue Chips where his son, Gabe, teamed up with Bronny James. The 'Chips' were a national sensation in the grassroots basketball world from 2014-2019, winning two youth National Championships along the way. He now coaches the 17U Midwest Basketball Club team playing on the Adidas 3SSB circuit. The 2021 MBC team finish 35-5 and as a top ten team in the country.Cupps also teaches leadership and writes a weekly blog on his bluecollargrit.com site.Coach Cupps resides in Centerville, Ohio with his wife, Betsy, daughter, Ally (20), and son Gabe (17).