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It was not something Jordan articulated. As he often explained, he wasn’t much of a rah-rah type. More, he played all out, and insisted on the same from his teammates, as Pinckney had described on the Pan Am team. Often he could motivate them with a mere frown.
Roland Lazenby • Michael Jordan: The Life
I realized at a young age that winning was the ultimate form of athletic expression. And to win regularly, I would have to subordinate my individual goals so my team would be able to win. As a result, I became the kind of leader who understood that doing the most for my team would best guarantee success. To get there, I had to get past a lot of thi
... See moreDavid Falkner • Russell Rules: 11 Lessons on Leadership from the Twentieth Century's Greatest Winner
“We cater to a very, very, very specific audience,” Carter said. “This is an audience that we feel we are going to have longevity with. This is the audience that hopefully twenty years from now, Gaga can still play for this audience, as they grow older and as she grows older. So it’s very important that she maintains her loyalty and integrity with
... See moreJackie Huba • Monster Loyalty: How Lady Gaga Turns Followers into Fanatics
“No matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty, your business and its future are in the hands of the people you hire. ”
― Akio Morita (founder of Sony), Made in Japan

kulesa.substack.com • Tyler Cowen is the best curator of talent in the world
Calvert readjusted his will so that Wordsworth would get £900 on the event of his death. Calvert serves as the patron saint of a rare sort of social type: the person who can see a gift in others, push that person toward their vocation, and provide practical assistance to make it happen.
David Brooks • The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life
That means they believe everyone can be a 10 in some area. You can always focus on that area when encouraging one of your employees.
John C. Maxwell • The Complete 101 Collection: What Every Leader Needs to Know
Step 4: Locate the Leader. It had been Elizabeth’s experience that all social groups—no matter how egalitarian they seemed on the surface—had one person who was, at any given moment, on some deep and perhaps even unconscious level, in charge. A kind of social conductor that the group tacitly elevated.