Pat Riley
Championship Culture Builder
“My launch slipped a week and the team is deflated. What do I do?”
Deflated is a choice, and I don't accept it. A slipped week is a peripheral opponent, so name it, confront it, and refuse to let it become the story. Get the fifteen strong in one room tomorrow morning and raise the standard, don't lower it. There is winning and there is misery.
A team feeling sorry for itself is already declining. Sustain the effort.
Sample response from this soul, not a quotation or endorsement.