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Originally Posted by bscharles
I definitely don't think "winning" in the sense of being the best team at an event is necessary for leadership. There are hundreds of teams out their, mine included, that produced many outstanding student leaders, without so much as winning a single award at a competition, not to mention winning the event. But they were passionate about their team, their peers, and the FIRST program, which is what made them outstanding leaders.
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I agree you don't have to win an award or an event, or even get picked for eliminations. But, I think you do have to care about winning and you've got pick up some wins along the way (sometimes those wins are simply "We scored a point!"), which was the original poster's point.