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Hey everyone. Welcome to another episode of The Five Minute Leader.
Today I want to talk about this idea of the Team of Rivals. It's actually not my idea, but this concept is coming from Abraham Lincoln. And I actually took a few notes here of things that I wanted to share.
When Abraham Lincoln won the presidency in 1860, he had a choice. He could either surround himself with a bunch of yes-men who agreed with him, who supported him, who believed in the same things that he believed in. Or—what he chose to do—was to surround himself with a Team of Rivals.
These were people who didn't agree with him. These were people who oftentimes didn't like him. These were people who didn't believe in the same things that he believed in.
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