What Michael Jordan Can Teach Us About Winning

6 NBA championships. 14 NBA All-Star Selections. 10 NBA scoring titles. Ranked No. 1 by ESPN’s Top 100 Athletes of the 20th century. His all-time leading scoring title in one All-Star game history was recently broken by one Kobe Bryant. Michael Jordan played the majority of his career for the Chicago Bulls before taking over …

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Answering 8 Questions of a Guild Acquisition

Like many of our fellow 25 man raiding guild friends, we experienced our share of recruiting problems. Players had been losing interest in Warcraft. Every raid night was a dice-roll to see which line ups could be fielded. Some days we were able to raid short-handed with 23 or less. It’s really easy to sit …

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Pros and Cons of Recruiting the Raid Leader

This is the most important position you’ll ever fill throughout the entirety of your guild’s existence. In fact, it is so important, guilds will often disband if there isn’t a competent nor capable one. If working on farm content, raids can typically get by with zero to minimal guidance. Everyone runs by the same playbook …

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Remember Rule Number 6

Lighten up, Matt. Stop taking things so seriously. Relax once in a while. I hear that too often. General managers face the brunt of many things. Mislooted items, irritated players, you name it. Their frustration inevitably transfers over to me. Aside from that, I put up with random ribbing, name calling, insults and all sorts …

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Build Your Own Guild Part 7: Day-to-Day Management

For the sake of argument, let’s assume that you’re a new GM, and your guild is finally up and running. You have enough members to start scheduling events, and you’re running at least some raids every week. It might be logical to think that your task as GM is done–if you’ve put in good policies, …

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