"We" are Better.....

Competition can be healthy. It can push us to learn more, act quicker, and take our talents to the next level. Competition can also be harmful. It can keep us from growing, cause us to focus on the wrong things, so much so that we value who people believe we are more than what we were created to be. Teams are trained to compete at their best against other teams, often the breakdown comes when people within a team or organization begin competing with each other. Whether you have a 100 person organization, a 5 man team or a partnership if you are not able to operate as a unit successfully you spend unnecessary time, resources and talent working around each other and often unknowingly against each other instead of harnessing the combined strength, talent and abilities together for the greater good. Are you are spending your time and talent proving "you" are good instead of  "we" are better? If it's all about you, chances are you are not playing for the team.