As the founder, it's up to you to set the tone for the team. It doesn't matter if you're the on-field coach or if you delegate that role to someone elsemake sure that the team reflects the encouraging and supportive leadership style that you ought to provide. If you're coaching a baseball team for younger kids, for example, then your leadership focus may be on teaching essential baseball skills and promoting teamwork in a fun atmosphere. It's your ultimate responsibility to make sure that your team knows and follows the rules. No matter if you have a team of kids or adults, emphasize the importance of fairness and good sportsmanship. Make it clear that rule-breaking won't be tolerated. Set up a clearly-defined procedure of progressive discipline for anyone caught breaking the rules. Go over your team and league rules and spell out the consequences. For instance, it may be a league rule that arguing with an umpire, referee, or game official results in an automatic ejection and 1-game suspension. Unless you've fully opened your wallet to bankroll the team, you'll likely have to rely at least in part on fundraising efforts. Don't treat fundraising like a chore that the players have to deal with. Instead, play a leading role yourself and make it part of your team-building efforts. If your team is fundraising by selling coupon books for the local sandwich shop, get out there and sell along with the players! Don't emphasize which players have raised more and which have raised less. Instead, focus on the amount raised by the entire team and encourage them to support each other in raising more. Starting and running a sports team is a lot of work, but it should be enjoyable work. Don't let the inevitable hassles and unexpected problems make you forget why you got involved in the first place. It can be even harder to have fun if your team loses a lot, but look for moments of fun and joy in the midst of losing. Also make sure to praise players when they give good efforts and display good teamwork and sportsmanship.
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One-sentence summary -- Take a positive leadership role that benefits your players. Learn and adhere to league rules and requirements. Lead fundraising activities to support your team. Remember to have fun!

If you think that natural intelligence is the only way to succeed, you'll likely fail. Most people who have major successes work extremely hard to get there, even if they do have some natural talent. You also need to believe in the power of hard work to continually hone and master your skills. It's important to apply this principle to your everyday life. Work each day on mastering your skills. Don't give up because you don't get it on the first try. For instance, if you've always wanted to paint, don't give it one attempt and think you've failed because you're not immediately great. Try honing your skills a bit each day. Don't try to improve all your skills at once, either. Think about what is most important, then work on that first. Once you've begun to master that skill, work on what you think is the next most important skill. While this advice may sound simple, in practice it's not as easy. When you're trying to make something work, you may have a tendency to go back to the same solutions over and over. The key to breaking out of that cycle is to approach the problem from different angles to find new solutions. One way you can implement this strategy is to think about your assumptions on a project. Sometimes, changing the assumptions can change how you look at the problem. For instance, maybe your problem is you need a new car that will carry items you own for your business. However, cars that are big enough to carry items inside are mostly out of your price range. You've made the assumption that you can only carry items inside the car. If you throw that assumption out, you may find a car with a top rack or a car that can pull a small trailer would work, both of which would fit your needs for cheaper. . Persistence is absolutely key to developing a growth mindset. That's because it takes persistence to keep working through problems and to keep developing your intelligence and skills. Even if it seems like a problem will never have a solution, it's important to keep pushing forward. That's how the real work gets done. Persistent does not mean unrelenting don't be afraid to take a break if you get overwhelmed or frustrated. Just make sure you go back to working on the issue. To develop a growth mindset, you need to constantly be expanding who you are. That means continually learning more about the world around you through whatever means you can. The more you learn, the more you grow. Read books. Take classes. Visit museums and educational sites. Watch documentaries. Take any opportunity you can to learn about the world around you. Also, learn from other people. Talk to people in coffee shops, and ask them about their world. Ask for help from friends, family, and co-workers when you don't know something. Let others' experience guide you. You can especially learn when your mind encounter very different situations: Make friends with people from different cultures or with different beliefs or ideologies. Experience things that you've never done. Go to places where you've never been. Let your mind become familiar with all the possibilities! Without realizing it, you may be working at less than your maximum because you sometimes need a challenge, something to compete against to push you harder. Sometimes, that competition can come from within, meaning your always pushing yourself to do better than the last time, always trying to best yourself. Each time you do, you'll learn a bit more about yourself and the world.
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One-sentence summary -- Focus on hard work, not your natural abilities. Don't make the same mistake over and over again. Be persistent Learn from everyone and everything. Keep pushing yourself further.

Buddha writes: "Mind precedes all mental states." This means that you must reflect on your own actions and how they affect other actions around you. Like practicing self-focusing, you should be mindful of your actions and decisions. They reflect on how others respond to you. There is an old adage of: "treat others like you want to be treated." This golden rule can help to reverse bad karma by promoting goodness and kindness. Give compliments to people such as: "What you said about [x] was really intelligent." or "This dinner is really good. Thanks for cooking for me!" Language can be a powerful tool. To create a positive mindset, you can practice a chant or mantra. Try practicing a self-affirmation in front of a mirror on a daily basis. You can say something like: "I will be a more positive person today" or "I will complain less about my problems." This will help build up your self-confidence and develop a positive routine. Chant a mantra related to your spiritualism. For example, Catholicism repeats words on a rosary. Nianfo (mindful repetition/recollection of the name of Amitabha Buddha) is an Eastern Asian Buddhist act . Whatever your religion or spirituality is, find if there is a chant or mantra that you can use to feel closer to your faith.
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Be mindful. Be kind. Practice chanting a mantra.