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<p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2017-08-07T03:00:59+00:00">August 7, 2017</time> by <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="http://www.smartfootballcoach.com/author/geraldwmillerjr/" class="entry-author-link" itemprop="url" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Jay Miller</span></a></span>  </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><p>A lot of coaches like to use the flexed bicep emoji (💪) or the overhead squat emoji (🏋). And that generally reflects the culture most coaches try to build &#8211; dominate, overpower, conquer.</p>
<p>The problem is that year after year, season after season, that culture gets fractured. Teams lose and the message delivered by that culture is &#8211; we got dominated, overpowered, conquered. Now your team is defeated, in more ways than one.</p>
<p>What if, instead, our team culture was more a reflection of the palm tree emoji 🤔</p>
<p>The palm tree has incredible strength. But it&#8217;s not brute strength. It&#8217;s functional strength &#8211; it&#8217;s survival strength.</p>
<p>A palm tree can be assailed by the wrath of a hurricane and not just remain standing &#8211; it immediately snaps back ready for the next one.</p>
<p>How? <a href="https://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/how-do-palm-trees-survive-hurricanes.html">Palm trees are made differently</a>. Nature built them to thrive in their difficult environment.</p>
<p>When it comes to your team, you are the creator. You can build a culture that will allow your team to thrive during the most challenging times &#8211; to snap back when faced with adversity.</p>
<p>Then when you want to recognize someone for displaying great strength, you can send them . . .</p>
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