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In business and in sports, many say that becoming number one is easier than staying on top. Spanish keeper Iker Casillas shows how respect can be the key to staying successful continuously.

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Bobby Cox, the most rejected MLB manager of all time, just retired. His leadership lesson: Show unequivocal support to your team, protect them and create a work environment that enables the team to deliver their best.

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A lot of bad calls by the referees at the World Cup resulted in players and coaches complaining. This article talks about the “referees” in your job: Bosses, colleagues, the HR department, etc. and why complaining about them is as useless as in soccer. Here’s how to get over your stubbornness and come up with the right reactions.

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Quite a remarkable decision from the soccer world organization FIFA: They will not introduce any additional referees or technology to help referees at the upcoming World Cup 2010 in South Africa. That decision came only a few days after French striker Thierry Henry clearly played a ball with his hand, leading to the decisive goal [...]

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