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A real-life coach talks about how to get a group of people to play with passion.

I've just left one of those meetings--the kind that begin innocently and interestingly enough with the premise that the world of business is one big game. It's your company against the competition, the argument goes, and, as with all games, the outcome is based on talent, coaching, and which group of participants is the best team.

You know what I'm talking about. The lecture, seminar, or presentation is led by an extrovert with a high metabolic rate who has somehow discovered the secret to success and proceeds to prove it to you via charts, graphs, catchphrases, and team-building exercises.

I've sat through at least six of these meetings. They involved six different plans and six different secrets, but fundamentally they're all the same.

Bookstore shelves are filled with titles based on the same premise: Why Winners Win, Ten Steps to Success, and so on. Some of these are the product of......

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