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About the author:

Chris is a Breakthrough Coach, Team Building Expert, Keynote Speaker, and Award-Winning Olympic Rugby Coach. He has made a career of getting leaders and athletes unstuck to help unleash their potential.

Chris has a gift for turning everyday underdogs into overachievers. His mindset and development techniques are renowned for helping the underrated get unbelievable results on and off the sports field. Get to know more about Chris at coachchrisbrown.com.

Now, this doesn’t mean there aren’t several factors that determine whether a team is successful or not. However, it does mean that if we want to unleash the team’s full potential, our number one priority as a leader must be our own development. To intentionally prepare our own hearts and become the example that our team needs in order to expose the gold within. Why the heart? Because everything we do flows from it (Proverbs 23:7).

In sports, there are certain traits that lead to someone becoming a Champion.

The first is Courage. Muhammad Ali said, “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” The challenge with Courage is that it cannot be faked. But what makes being courageous so powerful is that Courage means Heart Strength. This implies that the more you choose it, the stronger you become.

As Franklin D. Roosevelt stated, “Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.” So, the first question a leader must ask themselves is what will drive them through the fear and help them come out on the other side?

The next trait is Honor. Honor is the highest form of respect. What is critical to understand about honor is that what you honor and respect and love will eventually