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When I searched for the schedule of World Cup matches today, I came across this paragraph in the report.
The humour speaks volumes on the exhilaration of the winners and the frustration of the losers.
"With the FIFA World Cup now in the knockout stage, every match is a do-or-die battle. The winners move one step closer to lifting the trophy, while the losers head home."
For a vibrant team spirit
and eventual elevation,
the team needs to be teeming with people
who love to get on with their
work or assignments or responsibilities.
Nothing stops them
when they combine well together.
The teacher who moulds his wards to perfection,
feels more than fulfilled
when his students attempt to show
that they have learned from the best
As challenges are upon you,
what matters is not how you begin,
but how you finish
The best of best always find a way to improve,
no matter how gruelling
the challenges are
Parents today, rich, rich beyond imagination, middle class or poor raise their children in comfort.
The children inherit comfort before they earn or gain independence. They revel in comfort.
They never learn to lead their life the hard way. They take everything for granted.
But financial dependence makes emotional independence much harder.
They do not develop the hunger or drive to exert themselves. Curiosity has no place in their build..
They cannot lead their life without their support system. They are utterly dependent on that.
They never learn how to be uncomfortable and succeed. They never know how the real world works.
Let the children evolve. Let them find their own space themselves.
The world will then be a better place.
MASTER TACTICIAN
BRAZIL'S ITALIAN - REAL MADRID COACH
Carlo Michelangelo Ancelotti widely known in professional football as Carlo Ancelotti
A master tactician knows how to make the most of a team when it is not playing at its absolute best.
He sheperds his wards to the gold standard of greatness.
He knows how to deal with situations. He has the ability to understand the formation necessary for the team he manages.
He keeps the members of his team happy and maintains their morale.
He converts everyone to stars. He doesnot ignore anyone.
Forging excellent relationships with all the members of his team, he establishes mutual trust with them. He makes their composure and maturity shine.
He never criticises members of the team in public. He guards them. He protects them. He defends them. But he doesnot hesitate to be open with them, one to one. Ancellotti was heard telling Vinicious Junior, "I'll replace you if you don't run," in a hard fought La Liga game. But when he faced the press there was not a word against Vinicious.
Even if the members his team are temperamental and do not perform in accordance with their potential, instead of taking them to task, he instills self belief in them. He imbues them with affection.
In the end, he manages to turn them around. They respond raising their lackluster performance to exalted elevations.
The team really performs.
What Ancellotti has done or is doing is exactly what a manager, a teacher or those in authority anywhere have to carry out to make their team as whole and especiially each member of their team perform well and realise or even exceed their full potenial.
Based in part on a presentation in The Times of India of 26 June 2026 (Sports folio)
