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Lessons from My Notebook
team fast break: Go. Go. Go!!!” (number 4); and “really strive for 247
team play” (number 12).
These elements had already been deeply ingrained in our team’s
play and practice. I mention them to demonstrate my intense de-
sire and intention to target areas for improvement even when the
level of execution was already quite high.
Accepting the status quo means a leader feels no further im-
provement can be made. I never reached a point in 40 years of
teaching basketball where I felt no further improvement could be
made. And that applied to every area of the game, including my
own leadership skills.