Look at hundreds of winning teams, and you will find that their players have four things in common:1. They play to win:
The difference between playing to win and playing not to lose is often the difference between success and mediocrity.
2. They have a winning attitude:
Team members believe in themselves, their teammates, and their dream. And they don’t allow negative thinking to derail them.
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3. They keep improving:
The highest reward for their efforts isn’t what they get from it, but who they become because of it. Team members know intuitively that if they’re through improving, they’re through.
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4. They make their teammates more successful:
Winners are empowerers. As Charlie Brower says, “Few people are successful unless a lot of other people want them to be.”
From John Maxwell's "Teamwork Makes the Dream Work."
