These are all negative manifestations of ego, and if you are not alert to them, you get diverted and your work becomes diffused. Ego in these cases makes people insensitive to how they work with others and it ends up interfering with the real goal of any group efforts.
BILL WALSHCalculated 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.
More Bill Walsh Quotes
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Psychologists suggest that there is a strong link between ego and competitiveness. All the great performers I’ve ever coached had ego to spare.
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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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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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The proper use of commas is often more art than science.
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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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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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A burro is an ass. A burrow is a hole in the ground. As a journalist you are expected to know the difference.
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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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Invest in great relationships, they will pay a lifetime of dividends.
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“Extra effort,” in whatever form it takes (mental, physical, emotional), cannot be sustained without eventual damage and diminishing returns.
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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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Everybody isn’t everybody.
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Before you can win the fight, You’ve got to be in the fight.
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Your attitude will unlock the mystery of success you seek!
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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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