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Endurance Coach | Product Leader | Passionate about health and sports | Innovator

Early Saturday morning swim vibes 🏊♂️ Dragging myself out of bed, thinking, "I'm so tired... I really pushed it this week with work, training: a couple of intense sessions and that mid-week race burner." Off to the Weyport Swimmers masters session I go... 🏊♂️ No clue what to expect from the session, but hoping I can draft behind someone's feet... I arrive fashionably late, jump in, and manage to squeak out just two lengths for my warm-up. I had dreams of at least eight easy warm-up lengths... Some pals in my lane fill me in on the next set and gently nudge me to take the lead. My mind goes, "Oh no! Mentally, I'm a bit fried. This is not what I had in mind..." But hey, let's embrace it, let's work together and get it done. 👯 Surprisingly, I start feeling better and actually enjoy leading the pack. We power through about 90% of the set. We all agree, "That was tough." "Great job, everyone." "We really nailed it." Mission accomplished. A satisfying sense of achievement and camaraderie fills the air. 🎖 What's the glue that holds us together? Is it the grueling session? The leader of the pack? Our egos? The number of lengths we swim? The pace? Nah, what truly unites us are our shared values: friendship, dedication, honesty, passion, unity, trust. That's why our crew keeps coming back, giving it their all both in play and hard work. Life is pretty darn good when you're living by your values and sharing them with like-minded folks. 🙌 #valuesmatter #valuesbasedleadership #teamculture #teamcelebration

Shafik M.

Product Visioneer | Connecting the dots on innovation and technology for social and environmental impact

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I think it was more than that ie. Values and such ;-) you had a battle with "the dip" (see Seth Godin) which you won, then "the practice" just took over (see "the war of art") and yes it does help when surrounded by a team with same values and passion. Great story

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