The Score That Matters - by Ryan Hawk & Brook Cupps (Hardcover)

Offering both descriptive and prescriptive advice and anecdotes, The Score That Matters will help you unlock true fulfillment and happiness by discovering your purpose, identifying your values, and creating critical behaviors and living them faithfully every day in all aspects of your life.

Review Quotes

""In a world fixated on external accomplishments, Ryan Hawk and Brook Cupps remind us that the real score that matters is the one that aligns with our purpose and values, guiding us on a path to becoming better individuals and leaders. This book is a beacon of light in a world often overshadowed by superficial accomplishments, and I'm grateful for the wisdom it imparts.""
--Buzz Williams, Head Men's Basketball Coach, Texas A&M University

""People spend far too much time obsessing about external scoreboards and not nearly enough time thinking about their internal one. Hawk and Cupps offer an important corrective, arguing the most important measure is whether or not you are living in alignment with your core values.""
--Brad Stulberg, Author, Master of Change and The Practice of Groundedness

""This book will not leave you alone once you've finished reading it. The questions and exercises that follow each contextually anchored chapter nag at you. It will make you itch to be a better human.""""
--Sherri Coale, Author, Rooted to Rise, and Hall of Fame Coach, University of Oklahoma Women's Basketball

""Brook Cupps and Ryan Hawk have united to blend their individual talents and life experiences into one spectacular book on how to live a life of impact and fulfillment. Their intimate and personal stories will push you to new levels of leadership and solidify your learnings with actionable exercises at the end of every chapter.""
--Rob Kimbel, CEO, Kimbel Mechanical Systems

""Ryan Hawk and Brook Cupps will make you rethink how you live your life. The Score That Matters is packed with invaluable strategies for achieving what you want and helping others along the way. It is a must-read if you care to live an excellent life.""
--Vanessa Van Edwards, Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author, Captivate and Cues

""The Score That Matters is more than a book--it's a leadership awakening. Hawk and Cupps shatter the age-old myth of using externally driven metrics to define success, urging leaders instead to harness a more intentional, fulfilling approach based on internal scoreboards. Drawing from a wellspring of research and their own hard-won victories, they chart a path to authentic leadership.""
--Beth Cunningham, Head Women's Basketball Coach, Missouri State University

""Ryan Hawk has established himself as one of the most influential voices on all things leadership, and The Score That Matters highlights the most important lesson that any leader should take to heart: judging your life on how well it aligns with your own values, not society's expectations . . . Leaders from all walks of life will find Ryan and Brook's latest book packed with valuable, actionable insights.""
--Jack Raines, Writer, Young Money blog, and Editor-in-Chief, Exec Sum

""I value clarity, and I admire people who inspire clarity, especially in a time when so few have it. Clarity ignites in the presence of systems and simplicity. This book takes the reader to a place where that clarity is possible; it asks us to focus inward on that which we can control. The Score That Matters will help you find joy in your work and reap the clarity that awaits as you do it.""
--Thomas Eytcheson, Owner, Dynamic Information Solutions and BedRock Data Solutions

""Ryan Hawk is a master of dualities: He's a great leader, but also a ferocious learner. He's an accomplished athlete, but he's also excelled in the business world. He's eminently interesting, but he's also genuinely interested. Ryan has uncovered the secrets of what the best leaders do and how they think. Do yourself and your team a favor and read this book.""
--Liz Wiseman, New York Times Bestselling Author, Multipliers and Rookie Smarts

""Ryan Hawk is that rarest of people--a truly curious soul who asks questions that drill down into the heart of the matter, leave space for contemplation, and gently urge his subjects to look inside for answers they might not yet have discovered themselves.""
--Robert Kurson, New York Times Bestselling Author, Shadow Divers"

About the Author

Brook Cupps has been a high school basketball coach for more than 20 years, earning several Coach of the Year awards. His teams have won numerous conference, district, and regional championships, as well as Centerville High School's first-ever basketball state championship in 2021. In addition, he has spent the last eight years coaching grassroots basketball on the AAU circuits, and helped guide the North Coast (Ohio) Blue Chips to national championships in 2014 and 2019. He publishes weekly essays on leadership and coaching on his site, Blue Collar Grit, and is the author of Surrender the Outcome.