Leave No Doubt: A Credo for Chasing Your Dreams Paperback – July 15, 2014

Leave No Doubt is a great book for many people, whether they are coaches, business executives, or even spouses, they are likely to find some value in this material. Mike Babcock includes great examples of leadership and coaching which are laid out in a very applicable manner, in a bit of a story form set in the 2010 Olympics. These stories provide thoughtful insight for readers, and an inside look at what happened to prepare the Canadian team. The questions at the end of each chapter are also great summation points, which could serve one well by writing them down for daily reflection (or if nothing else, paste them around your cubicle or home).I've watched Babcock coach for years, watching a minimum of 70 of his games a year, and I really admire the guy. To be truthful, I've learned a lot just from watching his mannerisms and his interactions with players, the media, and fellow coaches. This guy gets it, and reading his book is like getting into his head. While a dream of mine has been to sit down with this guy for a cup of coffee or a beer, this book helped me get closer than I had ever anticipated and provided a great opportunity to learn things.Pick it up, it's a quick read!

This is an essential book for Red Wings fans, for obvious reason. This is also an essential book for those who know themselves and seek self-improvement, which is one of the Marine Corps Leadership Principles. A great leader will read this book and use its teachings in their daily life. While reading this book, I was reading it in Mike Babcock's voice in my head and that provided extra entertainment value. This book was written after the 2010 Vancouver Team Canada Gold Medal game and came out within 2 years of that event. He touches on it quite a bit and the events leading up to it. Everything is all tied into his basic tenets of leadership. He has a very direct way of leading and its admirable. This is also a very inspirational book and really inspires you to want to change your workplace, interpersonal relationship, etc for the better. I can't recommend this enough. It's about 130 pages and a good portion of the pages are only half full with lots of spacing between short paragraphs. It should take you about 60-90 minutes to read. It's VERY quick but VERY awesome.

I could relate to every aspect of the book I am a Saskatoon Holy Cross Grad, a Saskatoon Junior "b" hockey player, a retired PE teacher, I lived in the Red Deer area, I live in Michigan now, I enjoy stategic goal setting, I know the author Rick, I appreciate that success does not happen without effort, This list could go on.I plan to read the book again.The first time I read the book I read it cover to cover in one sitting. It was captivating.The writing style is unique. And the page layout helped to emphasize that. I discribe the style as being "almost point form with just enough information to capture the message".The authors did cover what the title suggested: "Leave no Doubt: A Credo for Chasing your Dreams" but the "take home message" was different for me. It was the "behind the scene aspects of achieving gold in Hockey" that carried the story for me

This is the most unique hockey book I have read. A bit of an autobiography, a glimpse inside Team Canada, tidbits about the NHL-World Juniors-Canadian College Hockey and a lot of leadership philosophy.It seemed light and repetitive as I was reading it but became succinct when finished.There is no question that Babcock is a winner. I'm still a bit unclear what makes him so great.The old Blue Line Steve would ask how hard is it really to win coaching Team Canada and the Detroit Red Wings? Crosby or Toews? Zetterberg or Datsyuk? Like Bowman before him Babcock hasn't had to coach a Panthers or Predators.Regardless this was the best of the hockey books I have read over the past several years.

Mike Babcock is an unbelievable coach, and now just as good a writer. But make sure you know what you are getting when you click "Buy". This is not a book about his time with the Red Wings, his coaching career, or even a detailed account of the 2010 Olympics. What it does is give insight into the philosophies of leadership that Babcock and his coaching staff utilized.The book is enlightening, entertaining, and really leaves you optimistic about everything. Babcock does a great job of taking you through the psychological side of playing for your country, one that strives for perfection every time. It's an incredible journey Babcock takes you through, along with advice that can help you not only in hockey, but throughout your life as you chase your dreams.

I am writing this review on the day of Team Canada's gold medal win at Sochi. I bought the book today and read it in one sitting. Coach Babcock's words are perhaps even more true now than in 2010. His philosophy contains basic truths of benefit to all of us. His thoughts on clarity of vision, preparation, knowing when to change gears, humility, perseverance, and learning from others apply not just to sports or business but to just about all aspects of modern life. The fact that Team Canada was successful in their title defence against fierce opposition demonstrates the plain spoken wisdom and utility of Coach Babcock's hard won insights.

Sports books are never the best, this has very little detail. Its a good quick read, and mike babcock refers to dreaming with your eyes open a lot in the book. However, he doesn't go over the nitty gritty of hockey which is what i was looking for. Still, cool to get inside his head a little.

Very good read. Inspiring, thought provoking and insightful. Can be a little repetitive, but the book is worth reading and digesting if you are committed to excellence and dreaming with your eyes open.

Am absolute fantastic book to read for personal or business needs

Ich kaufte das Buch, da ich einst großer Fan von Mike Babcock und dessen Fähigkeiten als Headcoach war. Sein Buch wirkt so, als wäre Mike deswegen so erfolgreich, da er ein toller Motivator ist. Als ich jedoch von seinem wahren Charakter und dem furchtbaren Umgang mit jungen Spielern in der NHL erfuhr, war ich extrem enttäuscht. Das Buch ist daher für mich unglaubwürdig geworden. Schade über Mike Babcock!

Delivery was ok. I am not sure what you would call it but, it is not a book so many blank pages and spaces in the book, often one 4 to 8 line paragraph per page. Maybe an over size pamphlet. Could have been written in less than 3/4s of the pages used. Enjoyable, concise.

I found the books layout and structure quite disjointed but there's lots of tried and true methods and approaches that can be referenced in any life environment that involves commitment, belief and tenacity. As much a self help book as any of the dry tombs attempted by other "successful" people and IMHO quite superior to the first offerings of many high profile business persons.An enjoyable and easy read with a fair measure of good stuff.

This book could easily be a four star book if it didn't repeat the same things over and over again. We get it, the winter Olympics were important for Canada and Mike's career...it was explained very clearly in the first couple chapters. But the fact the importantance of it kept on being repeated through every chapter bored me as a reader. Other than that, the book contained great information on how bad "doubt" is for the mental system of a human, how we need to get rid of it and chase our dreams. He talks about attitude and how its so important, and how important every step of the way is (preparation to execution to winning to success to reinforcement )Favourite quotes:"Attitude makes a difference. And you have the power to choose your attitude every day""If you're going to progress, if you're going to excel, you're going to face adversity""One of the smartest things you can do as a leader is give yourslef some time to get into the right mindset for a meeting""The world needs dream chasers...So go ahead, get out in the world and inspire by doing""If you want to be great, be accountable. If you want to be a part of something great, be accountable"I appreciated the stories of how Mike came up and became what he is now, just by reading the book you can tell he is full of values and strong leadership. Great book for someone looking to get inspired, just wish the Canada vs the world thing didn't have to be repeated every chapter.