Perhaps you leaped on the bandwagon late.
Perhaps you were there all along in spirit. Or at least on Twitter.
Perhaps you haven't gone to bed yet, after many rousing hours of celebration and patriotic fervor.
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Whatever your current state (mental or physical), the US Women's World Cup team showed us a thing or two about winning leadership.
1. Secure Your Foundation Before Becoming Too Aggressive.
Critics were offering in the group rounds that the US couldn't score goals. The truth was that few teams could score goals against the US. The team understood that the World Cup, not unlike business in general, can be a grind rather than a single glamorous event. In the six games before the final, the team had conceded one goal. It played for 540 minutes before conceding. That's like Congress sitting for 10 years before agreeing on anything. Praise might be heaped on goalkeeper Hope Solo, but no goalkeeper looks good in front of a porous defense. Organize the foundation of your business first and more exciting things might follow.
2. Ignore Obvious Injustice And Adversity.
FIFA, otherwise known as the Church Of The Blatter Day Saints, decreed that the whole World Cup would be played on artificial fields. This is the equivalent of playing the World Series in a gym. Oh, the US team fought against this venal insult. But when they knew they couldn't win, the players still played soccer as it should be played, rather than hoofing the ball and hoping for a fortuitous bounce. (There are many fortuitous bounces to be had on plastic fields.) The players could have let the turf warp their perspectives, just as so many businesspeople blame unfair business conditions or plain cheating. The US women could have used the turf as an excuse. Instead, they just played. And just won.
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