your first team. And all of this relates to the last dysfunction—putting team results ahead of individual issues. Your first team has to be this one.”

No matter how brilliant your mind or your strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team.

I began by telling them that despite that so much had been written about me being the most unselfish player, I was the most egotistical player they would ever meet. All kinds of nervous smiles were coming back at me from people who were not sure what was coming next. These smiles disappeared when I said, “Do you know the difference between your ego