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The topic I want to share with you today is how to become an MVP teammate. MVP teammate.

We're going to go over, we'll see how much time we have 10, 11 traits here that I want

you to number one look in the mirror for yourself. How are you measuring up? Do you find ways as you

hear these 11 traits to add more value to the team, to become more valuable so you can

add more value. And then if you lead a team, it also gives you an opportunity to evaluate the

individual people on the team. And you'll probably find some coaching points, some things that are

doing well you want to reinforce and some things that you probably want to correct. Because at the end of the day, the first rule of teams, and this isn't even one of the 11,

first rule of any team is it's not about you.

It was never about you.

It'll never be about you.

That just kind of takes the pressure off, doesn't it?

It's about the team.

And so the truth sometimes hurts, but here it goes. I mean,

not everyone on a team brings equal value, right? I mean, some people elevate the team, some

devastate it. They drain it, distract it, diminish it. And I really believe the measurement for which

category you fall into goes far beyond what you produce.

It's a lot about how you produce it, how you get it done.

It's not always the highest performer that is the MVP.

Sometimes that person creates a lot of collateral damage

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