Psychologists suggest that there is a strong link between ego and competitiveness. All the great performers I’ve ever coached had ego to spare.
BILL WALSHIf you see players who hate practice, their coach isn’t doing a very good job.
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You can make a point without being personal. Don’t insult or belittle your people. Instead of getting more out of them you will get less
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Strength of will – is essential to your survival and success. The competitor who won’t go away, who won’t stay down, has one of the most formidable competitive advantages of all.
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Flying by the seat of your pants precedes crashing by the seat of your pants.
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When I give a speech at a corporate event, I often ask those in attendance, ‘Do you know how to tell if you’re doing the job?’ As heads start whispering back and forth, I provide these clue: ‘If you’re up at 3 A.M.
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The proper use of commas is often more art than science.
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As the leader, part of the job is to be visible and willing to communicate with everyone
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My theory is that, just like with omitting a final comma in a list when not essential for meaning, publishers are trying to save paper and ink or pixels on-screen.
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I have a sense of humor. I usually come off as very serious, but I definitely have a dry sense of humor.
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The culture precedes positive results. It doesn’t get tacked on as an afterthought on your way to the victory stand. Champions behave like champions before they’re champions: they have a winning standard of performance before they are winners.
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90 percent of the time the terms are misused or unnecessary. Not every image obtained from a computer is a screen shot.
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Use all your knowledge to get their first. Set the trend and make the competition counter you
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If you don’t have these feelings, I do not know how you can lead anyone. I have spent many sleepless nights trying to figure out how I was going to phase out certain players for whom I had strong feelings, but that was my job. I wasn’t hired to do anything but win.
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Everybody’s got an opinion. Leaders are paid to make a decision. The difference between offering an opinion and making a decision is the difference between working for the leader and being the leader.
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We all know gifs are pronounced “jifs,” right? Their creator says so, damn it!
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We have a lot of players in their first year. Some of them are also in their last year.
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