Consider all this advice your Online training. You're starting out a naive freshman, all bright eyed and eager to learn. You absorb all bad and good advice like a sponge.

Next, you enter your sophomore period, a bit wiser but still a little wet behind ears and susceptible to tall-tale spinners. You eagerly experiment with every idea, plan, formula, book, strategy, you encounter Online.

Next, you graduate to junior status. You haven't mastered your craft, but you are beginning to realize what you are capable of accomplishing in your business. You are starting to develop your own strategies and ideas on business management.

And certainly once reaching senior Online status you realize most important part of business success is using your own common sense and trusting yourself to make right choices. Not that of another Internet Guru who mesmerizes you with his hypnotic hype. And of course, you can take this advice with a grain of salt or a dose of strong medicine. But, only if you want to. Now, Would I Lie To You?

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9. The Law of Countability Teammates must be able to count on each other when it counts. Is your integrity unquestionable? Do you perform your work with excellence? Are you dedicated to team’s success? Can people depend on you? Do your actions bring team together or rip it apart?

10. The Law of Price Tag The team fails to reach its potential when it fails to pay price. Sacrifice, time commitment, personal development, and unselfishness are part of price we pay for team success.

11. The Law of Scoreboard The team can make adjustments when it knows where it stands. The scoreboard is essential to evaluating performance at any given time, and is vital to decision-making.

12. The Law of Bench Great teams have great depth. Any team that wants to excel must have good substitutes as well as starters. The key to making most of law of bench is to continually improve team.

13. The Law of Identity Shared values define team. The type of values you choose for team will attract type of members you need. Values give team a unique identity to its members, potential recruits, clients, and public. Values must be constantly stated and restated, practiced, and institutionalized.

14. The Law of Communication Interaction fuels action. Effective teams have teammates who are constantly talking, and listening to each other. From leader to teammates, teammates to leader, and among teammates, there should be consistency, clarity and courtesy. People should be able to disagree openly but with respect. Between team and public, responsiveness and openness is key.

15. The Law of Edge The difference between two equally talented teams is leadership. A good leader can bring a team to success, provided values, work ethic and vision are in place. The Myth of Head Table is belief that on a team, one person is always in charge in every situation. Understand that in particular situations, maybe another person would be best suited for leading team. The Myth of Round Table is belief that everyone is equal, which is not true. The person with greater skill, experience, and productivity in a given area is more important to team in that area. Compensate where it is due.

16. The Law of High Morale When you’re winning, nothing hurts. When a team has high morale, it can deal with whatever circumstances are thrown at it.

17. The Law of Dividends Investing in team compounds over time. Make decision to build a team, and decide who among team are worth developing. Gather best team possible, pay price to develop team, do things together, delegate responsibility and authority, and give credit for success.

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