Ranjay Gulati
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And my job is to show them how to be even better.
How do I do that?
This person has pushed themselves as hard as they could, as far as they could.
This is football, so it's a team sport.
He said, you know, all this time they pushed themselves for themselves.
And you can do a lot for yourself.
Self-interest drives you very far.
He said, my job is to connect them to something more than themselves.
I want to connect them to their teammates, to each other.
I want to connect them to the team as a collective, feeling proud of the team.
I want to connect them to me.
They're playing for me as a coach.
And when you start to do something for something bigger than yourself,
You up your game.
And the Marines do this too, by the way.
Semper Fidelis.
In the Marine Corps, you're fighting for each other.
Always faithful.
Some even talk about it as relative fear.
The fear of letting your teammates down is greater than the fear of dying.