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What MLB Pitcher Jon Lester and 4 Other Professional Athletes Teach Us About Overcoming Obstacles

Success

For Rudolph, the goal was everything. Never one to let a perceived disability stand in the way of his goals, he pursued athletics with his heart and soul. In 2003, again swimming the 800-meter freestyle, she won gold at the All-Africa Games. And this from a woman who wasn’t able to walk normally until she was nearly 12.

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Bioteams Part 4: The Team Organization Zone

BioTeams

Teams traditionally define their goals and roles in terms of activities, tasks or outputs. The key point here is that each bioteam goal and role should be primarily defined in terms of what other living network components it transforms not in terms of inanimate outputs. What does this mean for a team? Bad stuff stays out. De Geus, A.,