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By instinct we-leaders-want to run hard all the time; by intellect we know this is not possible. Reconciling those two positions in the context of leadership is an ongoing challenge.

Bill Walsh

A harsh reality of newspaper editing is that the deadlines don’t allow for the polish that you expect in books or even magazines
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Books Magazines Reality Sports
Invest in great relationships, they will pay a lifetime of dividends.
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Great Lifetime Pay Relationship
Machines aren’t replacing proofreaders at all. Copy editors, who proofread and much, much more, use spellcheck as a tool but read every word that appears in the paper
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Country Editors Game Player Sports Tools
Calculated risks are part of what you do, but the idea that something completely crazy will work just because it’s completely crazy is completely crazy.
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Country Crazy Game Ideas Player
I’ve observed that if individuals who prevail in a highly competitive environment have any one thing in common besides success, it is failure-and their ability to overcome it.
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Common Environment Overcoming Success
For me the starting point for everything – before strategy, tactics, theories, managing, organizing, philosophy, methodology, talent, or experience – is work ethic. Without one of significant magnitude, you’re dead in the water.
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Ethics Philosophy Water Work
On occasion I omit commas. On occasion, I use them. (The more you know about English, the less you’re likely to think there are unbreakable “rules” for a lot of these things.)
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Knows Thinking Unbreakable
There has to be a very acute awareness on your part as to the level of exertion and the toll it’s taking on those you lead.
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Awareness Lead Part Talking
Your path and purpose will become crystal clear when you begin to trust your vision.
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Country Game Path Player Purpose Vision
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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Lists Pixels Publisher Trying
If you see players who hate practice, their coach isn’t doing a very good job.
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Hate Jobs Player
Absorbing and overcoming this kind of punishment engenders a sober, steely toughness that results in a hardened sense of independence and a personal belief that you can take on anything, survive and win.
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Absorbing Altogether Anything Lose Reinforcement
We have a lot of players in their first year. Some of them are also in their last year.
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Motivational Player Sports
Consistent effort is a consistent challenge.
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Challenges Consistent Effort
Afford each person the same respect, support, and fair treatment you would expect if your roles were reversed. Deal with people individually, not as objects who are part of a herd-that’s the critical factor.
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Country Game People Player Support
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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Coaches Feeling Game Jon Know Player Win

By instinct we-leaders-want to run hard all the time; by intellect we know this is not possible. Reconciling those two positions in the context of leadership is an ongoing challenge.

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By instinct we-leaders-want to run hard all the time; by intellect we know this is not possible. Reconciling those two positions in the context of leadership is an ongoing challenge.

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