The best team experiences I had was playing american football in elementary we practiced every day of the week. We laughed,suffered, and bled throughout the season. We were undefeated one year and had a home field advantage play off game. Basically if we won it we went to the "super bowl" of our little league and if we lost it then...yeah. It was a cold November or December night we had a close game going but with about 2 minutes left in the fourth quarter we were ahead by a 1 score and if the opposing team scored in any way we would loose being the fourth and final quarter or time period of the game we couldnt do anything but hold there offense. They advanced within seconds to our goal line or final line before they score. They literally needed 1 maybe 2 inches to score. 1st and goal we as an 11 man team held them on first down and second. Every one was extremely focused on there assignment. 3rd down came and our team sacked or made the other team loose yardage. But then a small fight broke out between one of my teams coaches and the referee or gaming official. They ended up back on the goal ine with 1st and goal. But to make a long stroy a tiny bit shorter we held them again and wont the game and made it to the superbowl but lost :(
basically what i wanna say is
when everyone has the same mind set and same amount of focus and knowledge about what they are doing the outcome of that is a total victory
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- Mack
- It is not longer I who live, but Christ in me. I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. 4Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. Its not about me if it is about me then its not about Him
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I think you're right - when everyone is focused on the GOAL instead of on THEMSELVES the team does awesome. Why do teams break down? Well you could write a book on that topic, but perhaps a better question is how big of potential problem is self-focus when you're part of a team? Do what extent should you be self-aware and to what extent should be be self-sacrificing? Are the two mutually exclusive?
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