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And it all started with the practical wisdom that my father
taught my brothers and me back on our family farm in Indiana.

RULES TO LEAD BY

Condition Your Team to Love the Struggle.
The teams that compete at the highest level love the thrill of the con-
test. They may have winning in their heads, but they have a love for
the effort and struggle in their hearts. A strong leader inspires teams
to relish the competition itself and view the outcome as a by-
product—an important by-product, yes, but still a by-product.

Remember That Success Can Take Months—or Years—to
Achieve but Can Be Undone in Minutes.
This is why conditioning—physical, mental, and moral—is so impor-
tant. A leader must impress upon his or her team the paramount im-
portance of ownership and personal accountability.

Never Allow Anyone Else to Define Your Success.
Only you, the leader can and should define the finish line—Success.
Others will attempt to force their definition upon you. Don’t allow
them to do it. Define it properly, and Success along with Competitive
Greatness will belong to you and your team.

Organizations Succeed When They Become More Than the Sum
of Their Players.
That’s one of the real tests of any leader, making the whole more
than the sum of its parts. No team will consistently succeed unless
the leader is able to achieve this critical goal.