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ESCOLHA OS JOGADORES CERTOS AS PRINCIPAIS CARACTERÍSTICAS A PROCURAR SÃO INTELIGÊNCIA E CORAÇÃO: HABILIDADE DE APRENDER RÁPIDO, VONTADE DE TRABALHAR DURO, INTEGRIDADE, PERSEVERANÇA, EMPATIA E CAPACIDADE DE PÔR A EQUIPE EM PRIMEIRO LUGAR.
Eric Schimdt • O coach de um trilhão de dólares: O manual de liderança do Vale do Silício (Portuguese Edition)
Days after a quarterfinal loss in the 2010 French Open, Novak Djokovic told his coach, Marián Vajda, that he had decided to quit playing tennis. He was No. 3 in the world, a grand slam winner, and a favorite to win Wimbledon. After Djokovic said he was quitting, Vajda asked, “Why did you start playing this sport?” Vajda immediately sensed what the
... See moreSam saw some merits in a certain kind of libertarianism. But he listened to actual libertarians argue why, for instance, they shouldn’t need to pay taxes. And he thought, Yeah, of course no one likes to pay taxes, but that’s not exactly a philosophy. “They blurred the line between libertarianism as a philosophy and selfishness as a philosophy,” he
... See moreMichael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Another factor is ambition. To win year after year, all players have to be ambitious. Everyone wants to improve from year to year, but in trying to improve, players change their game, which can disrupt the balance of the team.
David Falkner • Russell Rules: 11 Lessons on Leadership from the Twentieth Century's Greatest Winner
I’m simply wondering if the overall state of society is—very slowly, and almost imperceptibly—moving toward a collective condition where team sports don’t have a place. In other words, a distant future where football disappears, followed by every other sport with vaguely similar values.
Chuck Klosterman • But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past
In their day jobs, his parents continually wrestled with the tension, in American law, between individual freedoms and the collective good. Both identified, broadly speaking, as utilitarians: any law should seek not to maximize some abstract notion of freedom but rather the greatest good for the greatest number. They never pushed their views on Sam
... See moreMichael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
asymmetric paternalism.
Jonah Lehrer • How We Decide
I’ve heard old-timers say that the fifth set has nothing to do with tennis. It’s true. The fifth set is about emotion and conditioning.