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Re: What makes a "Powerhouse"?
What makes a 'powerhouse' team you ask? Strong relationships. From professional relationships with teams and businesses, mentors and students, and teams with teams, to endless friendships made amongst the students, FIRST is unique in the sincere and fierce relationships it allows everyone to make throughout the season. Our team won Granite State Regional this year, but it wasn't just about the robot. Everyone there had an excellent robot, what made us win was the three teams (thank you 1519 and 1058, you were both wonderful picks for us!) became friends so the drive teams just simply worked so well together! Nothing was fake at all, we're all still friends and picked each other at every off-season we went to, even in the mentor matches. Keep your friends close really applies, especially with how FIRST has instilled in us all the ethics of 'Gracious Professionalism'. I'll never forget this year not because of the multiple wins or awards or amazing robot we had, but rather because of the FUN and friends I've made throughout the year. So, you want a 'powerhouse', successful team? Build strong relationships with sponsors, your community, within your team, and with other teams!!!
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