Let go of your EGO.
Abby Wambach outlines her Principles of Leadership in the book Wolfpack. Each of the eight amazing chapters outlines and sheds light on a key concept of leadership for women and men of all ages. Chapter Five is entitled CHAMPION EACH OTHER. The lesson is the old way is to be against each other and the new way is BE FOR EACH OTHER! Being for each other is about driving the collective forward. Putting the team first and realizing that nothing big or amazing can be done alone.
A goal, a clutch basket, a touchdown, a big defensive play - - how do you celebrate? Abby’s amazing insight is that we have two choices - RUSH OR POINT. You RUSH to celebrate with the person who made the play or you are POINTING back to the teammates who helped make it happen. The moments are not about YOU. Everything goes back to the collective, to the TEAM. Abby is a goal scorer and her explanation of her celebration is a great lesson for sport and life. "You’ll see that the moment after I score, I begin to point. I point to the teammate who assisted. I point to the defender who protected us. I point to the midfielder who ran tirelessly. I point to the coach who dreamed up this play. I point to the bench player who willed this moment into existence. I’ve never scored a goal in my life without getting a pass from someone else. Every goal I’ve ever scored belonged to my entire team. When you score, you better start pointing."
Lebron James summed up his interpretation the same concept. “We got Hall of Famers, some of the best that ever played who came off the bench or didn’t play, that don’t mean you’re not good - - there are guys in the NBA who don’t play, does that mean they not good? They got to the NBA because they were sorry? They are playing a role. If you don’t want a role, play tennis or play golf because then you can do whatever you want to do and you got nobody else to blame because it’s an individual sport. If that’s what you want, play tennis or play golf. If you play a team sport there will be things that you need to give up to get what you want.” A LEADER understands that it takes a TEAM to accomplish great things and no matter your role on the team you can be a LEADER. LEADERS make personal sacrifices
Abby Wambach and Lebron James are two individuals that received a great deal of praise and accolades for their personal accomplishments - but both of them recognize that it takes the entire group to be truly winners.
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