Realize acceptance is underrated. Forgiveness is overlooked. And true humility is misinterpreted.
When we're taking over a new team or building a new culture, we have to remember that success might come later.
In an era where franchises routinely make blockbuster trades or sign marquee names in free agency to improve their rosters, the Warriors and Celtics have reached the pinnacle of their sport with overwhelmingly homegrown talent.
The focus of the "The Wire" was largely the drug trade and all that comes with running a narcotics empire, but it has some crucial lessons for all leaders.
“Forgive yourself for the lessons you didn’t learn the first time. We are all works in progress.”
Cultivate the audacity to ask. The answer will always be "No," if we do not dare to ask.
Worry will not drain tomorrow of its troubles. It will merely drain you of your strength today.
Our greatest discoveries do not always come from speeding up and doing more but from slowing down and taking on less.
Leaders who develop talent around them never have to protect their turf. They share their wisdom, harvest relationships and demonstrate a passion for learning.
Even if someone else holds a title of offensive coordinator, starting left tackle or director of player personnel, Bill Belichick will take full responsibility for any failures, while praising all of the success.
Just about all of us as leaders will be shortchanged at one point or another in our careers.
“Your breath is a doorway to peace. Breathe through your thoughts. Hold on to your heart. One breath at a time. You are finding your way.”
