The Up Yours Approach

A Story About Preparing, Delivering, and Following Through in Life and Business

De: Craig Hillier

Narrado por: Kayleigh McKee

Lenny Labinsky is a bowling pro shop owner and coach who has a love/hate relationship with the word “average". While he enjoys helping bowlers improve their averages, people who settle for average frustrate him. Lenny has a magical ability to subtly teach life and business lessons through his coaching sessions.

Sam Jenkins, a college senior about to graduate, personifies average. Despite having the ability to achieve more, he lacks drive and motivation. He wonders why he should push himself when “good enough” gets you by.

Sam thought the Bowling Pro Shop internship would be the easiest way to check off the 40-hour “real-world experience” requirement to earn a business degree. Through the 10-week internship, Sam is challenged to build his “arsenal” of bowling, business, and life skills.

Whether you are just getting rolling or a seasoned veteran, the Up Yours Approach will elevate your results in life and business!

©2020 Craig Hillier (P)2020 Craig Hillier

Wow! What a game changer

I’m not a bowler, but the title caught my eye so I downloaded it and I’m so glad I did! The characters were so relatable (Lennys the king of bowling puns!) and I could see a lot of myself in Sam. I loved how the book dipped into many different examples and stories but kept coming back to the main principles. It was an easy read and changed the way I thought about my role in my business. I loved this book and would recommend it for anyone that wants to be more than average.

I highly recommend this book

I spend many hours driving. I found this book very inspirational and easy to listen to. I found it not only a way to improve my bowling average but also many life lessons. Goalsetting and appreciating the people around you is very important.
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Loved it!

I was a bit skeptical to read a character building business book that uses bowling as its means of delivery. I bowl about once a year (if that), so I was concerned about it not being relatable. Turns out, it's a brilliant "approach" to simplifying vital principals to life and business. Now I can't seem to go through a day, without applying one the many bowling puns within the pages.

Whether you're finishing up high school, college, or a 20+ year veteran in your business, I can't recommend this book enough. When we forget about our purpose and "why", it's easy to become stagnant, or even spiral downward.

I've had the pleasure of getting to know Craig Hillier over the past couple of years. His desire to help as many people as possible, regardless of their abilities or background, is absolutely infectious. Beyond having an extremely impressive resume, the guy has a heart of gold. Highly recommend this book. A great gift and personal read.

Great Business and Life Lessons for Anyone

Everyday all age life lessons delivered by an entertaining story with characters you care about.

Phenomenal book

This is a great book, I highly recommend this book for almost all ages. You can’t help but learn new things if you go in with an open mind. Great job Craig.