SEASON 1 - LESSONS 1-10

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LESSON 1: GIVE RESPECT

In a tit-for-tat world that insists, “You must earn my respect,” the best leaders choose a different standard. They give respect generously. Their mindset is simple: “I give respect because of who I am — not because of what you do.”
This upside-down approach to leadership builds trust that isn’t easily broken. It strengthens teams from the inside out and creates a culture where bullying, hazing, and disrespect have no place to grow.
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LESSON 2: TAKE RESPONSIBILITY 

What’s your superpower? The greatest power you can have is the strength to take responsibility. When you take responsibility for your actions, for protecting others, and for your mistakes, you take control of the culture around you. Responsibility doesn’t depend on talent, popularity, or position — it depends on character.

The ability to take responsibility is a superpower that shapes how we treat people and how we respond under pressure. Let’s take responsibility today.
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LESSON 3: SPEAK UP

Coach calls you out because he or she loves you too much to let you be less than your best. And love is the same reason why you should call out your teammates when they aren't meeting the standard. As uncomfortable as it might be, if you truly care about your teammates, if you love your teammates, then you've got to encourage them with a call out when they aren't living to the standard. You've got to speak up.
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LESSON 4: BETTER TOGETHER

There’s a saying: If you want to run fast, run alone, but if you want to run far, run together. You can be good on your own, but to be great, you need a team. You and your teammates are better together than any of you can be alone. The best teams know: No matter how great you are or I am, we will always be better together.
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LESSON 5: EVERYBODY LEADS

Everybody leads at some level, including you. We all lead, but we don't all lead our teammates towards the goal. So the question to ask is: Am I a leader worth following? You make the choice for how you will lead, whether you promote enthusiasm, positivity, and passion through your leadership or negativity, apathy, and a lack of accountability. When everyone on the team takes ownership for their leadership, it helps the whole team move forward. But first each team member has to decide: What kind of leader are you going to be?
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LESSON 6: CHAMPIONSHIP RELATIONSHIPS

The higher you rise in any field, the more that talent will level out, and the only thing that can separate you as an individual will be your character. What separates talented teams from the rest is their relationships. The teams with championship relationships win championships. No one wins alone. If you want to form championship relationships with your teammates, then there are a few things you'll want to start doing today.
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LESSON 7: TOP TEN

To be a great teammate, you've got to make some commitments. We call these the top ten commitments of a great teammate. The ten items are each important, but if ten is a little much to remember, know that they boil down to one simple idea: WE BEFORE ME.This also forms a handy mnemonic device for remembering the top ten commitments, which are: Work, Encouragement, Belief, Effort, Friends, Optimism, Respect, Enthusiasm, Motivation, and Effort. If you really want to be a great teammate, just remember: WE BEFORE ME.
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LESSON 8: ONE UP

When we hear the phrase "one up" most of us will think about competing against others to show that we're better than them. But what if we flip that? What if, instead of trying to one up each other, we tried to lift one up every day? What if instead of viewing competition as a chance to best someone, we saw it as an opportunity to give our best to someone?The short answer is: you would become a better team. That's what will happen if you and your teammates work on using competition, encouragement, and connection to build each other up, rather than stepping over one another.
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LESSON 9: TEAM FIRST

Striving to be first team means you want to be the best ON the team, while striving to be Team First means you want to be your best FOR the team. The best leaders are Team First, not first team. That's because being a great leader has nothing to do with your talent on the field and everything to do with your talent as a leader. People follow leaders they trust. To be a trustworthy leader, you've got to be team first.
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LESSON 10: CHEAT CODE

There's no shortcut for success, but there is a cheat code. That cheat code is: Love. It's not really cheating to love what you do or to love your teammates, but love amplifies everything else you do to such a degree that it looks like cheating. Love changes what you do and how you do it.

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Stephen Mackey is a player development coach, keynote speaker, and Wall Street Journal best-selling author. Better known as Coach Mackey, he has spent the last 20+ years helping athletes and coaches connect the dots between sports and the game of life. As the co-author of The Locker Room, and the founder and CEO of 2Words Character Development, one of the top leadership and character curriculums in the country, Mackey is an advocate for coaches and athletes, and a consistent voice of encouragement and challenge.

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