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The Soul of Teamwork
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of Daily Good
Posted: May 21st, 2013
http://www.dailygood.org/view.php?sid=430
Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jacksonby percentage (.738) the winningest coach in NBA historyis renowned for his ability to turn megastars into team players. And his secret is spiritual. The most effective way to forge a winning team, he writes in Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior, is to call on the players' need to connect with something larger than themselves. Before Jackson arrived, both the Bulls and the Lakers were teams that, despite the presence of breathtaking talent, had failed to achieve the harmony needed to win championships. Yet under his guidance, schooled in his characteristically unselfish, team-oriented style, they went on to record-breaking success. So what does this remarkable head coach have to say about the heightened group consciousness that can awaken when teams come together beyond the divisive forces of the ego? [Q.] In Sacred Hoops you write about the energy that's unleashed when players put their egos aside and work toward a common goal. You also refer to a powerful group intelligence [that] emerges that is greater than the coach's ideas or those of any individual on the team. What is that powerful energy and intelligence that emerges in a collective when the ego is set aside? PHIL JACKSON: When a player surrenders his self-interest for the greater good, his fullest gifts as an athlete are manifested. It's funnyby playing within his natural abilities, he activates a higher potential beyond his abilities, a higher potential for the team. It changes things for everybody.
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