The why/how is what I keep near and dear to my heart. When the day comes to teach my son about dedicating himself to a craft, I may just start with this book.

You see, for those of you who haven’t read Mamba Mentality, it’s Kobe Bryant’s perspective of his life and career on the basketball court and his exceptional, insightful style of playing the game.

He exposes how he critically breaks down every component of the game and how critical he is on himself to support his growth. He expects excellence and intentionally pushed buttons to drive people to their best. What’s most intriguing is how unabashedly inquisitive he was. Like you see excellence and execution when he’s on the floor, but he got there by freely asking everything he wanted to know for whomever he saw fit!