{"id":389721,"date":"2019-08-10T04:00:46","date_gmt":"2019-08-10T11:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=389721"},"modified":"2019-08-10T06:52:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-10T13:52:49","slug":"swimming-world-presents-goldminds-we-not-me-selflessness-on-a-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-presents-goldminds-we-not-me-selflessness-on-a-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World Presents “Goldminds: We, Not Me! – Selflessness On a Team”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Goldminds: We, Not Me! <\/span><\/h2>\n

\nWhat makes swimming teams great? It\u2019s the power of selflessness.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

By Wayne Goldsmith<\/span><\/p>\n

I have the wonderful opportunity to work in many different places around the world with some outstanding sporting teams\u2014 football, soccer, rugby and, of course, swimming.<\/p>\n

People often ask me, based on my experiences, \u201cWhat is the common factor in successful teams that leads to victory? What is it the good teams do that other teams don\u2019t do? Is there one value or one behavior that winning teams exhibit that others don\u2019t?\u201d<\/p>\n

My answer to all these questions is the same: the people in successful teams care about each other…they are selfless.<\/p>\n

On the face of it, swimming is an individual sport. It\u2019s your race. It\u2019s your lane. It\u2019s your PR. They\u2019re your ribbons and medals. Everything about the sport seems to be about you.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s a little misguiding.<\/p>\n

Swimming might appear to be an individual sport, but it\u2019s wrapped up inside a team environment.<\/p>\n

When\u2019s the last time you went to workout and did the warm-up, sets, reps, sprints, kicking, pull, drills…by yourself? Never!<\/p>\n

Every day, everything you do\u2014pool training, dryland workouts, meets\u2014everything is about your TEAM.<\/p>\n

Swimming is as much about team as it is about personal achievement.<\/p>\n

The question then becomes how does a team become a great team?<\/p>\n

The answer lies in one beautiful, amazing, powerful word: SELFLESSNESS.<\/p>\n

To read more about the power in working as a true team,<\/strong>
\ncheck out the full July 2019 issue of Swimming World Magazine<\/em>, available now<\/strong><\/p>\n

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