![]() There are certain realities that are better to accept than to fight against. “The soul of success is surrendering to what is.” Failure in that regard isn’t always a referendum on the process involved. Far too often injuries and circumstance prevent a team that had all the right ingredients from achieving its final goal. This quote, like a lot of Phil’s, reads as a platitude until you think about just how few people really appreciate what it’s saying. “The most we can hope for is to create the best possible conditions for success, then let go of the outcome. ![]() But we still love basketball, just like he does, so let’s study some of the most Zen-like passages from Eleven Rings and see what we can learn from them. If we were to ask him what he wants for his birthday, our guess would be that he’d ask us to be a little more mindful and study the teachings of Zen. ![]() To hear Jackson tell it, as he did in his 2013 book Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success, his skill in these areas come from his adherence to Zen Buddhism, and his practice of Eastern philosophies of harmony and selflessness in general. His Triangle offense may no longer be in vogue (though plenty of its motion principles have been borrowed by teams around the Association), but few coaches in the history of sports have been better motivators, mediators and meddlers than Phil. Even though he’s been in the NBA since 1969, his unique philosophies on life and basketball have always positioned him as a fresh mind and kept him youthful in the eyes of NBA fans.
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