How to be a Team Player

I love watching the March Madness games. I’ve noticed through the years that the teams that win are the teams that play together. Individuals play the game, but teams win championships.

One Chinese proverb states, “behind an able man, there are always other able men.” One is too small of a number to achieve greatness. President Lyndon Johnson said there are no problems we cannot solve together and very few that we can solve by ourselves

Why do people stand alone.

1. Ego -- people don't like admitting that they can't do everything. There are no Superman or superwomen. Spinning more plates doesn't increase your talent. It increases your likelihood of dropping a plate.

2. Insecurity-they were threatened by the ability of other people. Only secure people can empower others. Woodrow Wilson said we should not only use all the brains we have, but all that we can borrow.

3. Naiveté -- if I had it to do all over again I'd get help. People naïvely underestimate the difficulty of achieving big things. As a result, they tried to go it alone.

4. Temperament -- some people are very outgoing, and they don't enlist others
You may be good, but you're not that good.

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