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No problem is insurmountable. With a little courage, teamwork and determination a person can overcome anything.
-Anon.
~ attributed to B. Dodge
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In the fall, when you see geese heading south for the winter fly along in v formation, one might consider what science has discovered as to why geese fly this way.
Each bird flaps its wings creating uplift for the bird immediately following. A flock has a greater flying range in formation than a single bird would have on its own.
When a goose falls out of formation, it feels the drag and resistance of trying to fly alone and quickly rejoins the formation. The goose takes advantage of the lifting power of the bird in front.
The geese in formation honk from behind to encourage those flying up front to keep their speed. When a goose gets sick or wounded and falls out of formation, two other geese will fall out of formation with that goose to follow it down to lend help and protection. They stay with that fallen goose until it is able to fly or it dies. Only then do they launch out on their own or with another formation to catch up with their flock.
People, who share a common direction and sense of community, can reach a goal more quickly and easily because they are traveling on the thrust of one another. It is harder to do something alone than together.
It is beneficial to take turns doing demanding work. By sharing leadership and depending upon others in a group, there is a chance to lead and an opportunity to rest.
-Anon.
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Finagle's Eighth Rule:
Teamwork is essential. It allows you to blame someone else.
-Proverb
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Two heads are better than one.
-Proverb
Polish proverb: Co dwie głowy to nie jedna
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When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.
-Proverb
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One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.
-Edward Abbey
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One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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If the wolf had ever come to our back door, he'd have had to bring a picnic lunch.
-Bill Anderson
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No manager ever won no ballgames.
-Sparky Anderson
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Yogi saw three of his players in the locker room wearing Cone Head hats. Yogi said, Those guys make a pair.
-Yogi Berra
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The ideas that come out of most brainstorming sessions are usually superficial, trivial, and not very original. They are rarely useful. The process, however, seems to make uncreative people feel that they are making innovative contributions and that others are listening to them.
-A Harvey Block
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-Paul William "Bear" Bryant
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We take eagles and teach them to fly in formation.
-Wayne Calloway
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The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side.
-Margaret Carty
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You put together the best team that you can with the players you've got, and replace those who aren't good enough.
-Robert Crandall
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A team is a team is a team. Shakespeare said that many times.
-Dan Devine
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Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.
-Henry Ford
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Acknowledgement and celebration are essential to fueling passion, making people feel valid and valuable, and giving the team a real sense of progress that makes it all worthwhile.
-Dwight Frindt
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Lead with your own participation in a way that you believe will create value and will invite others to do the same.
-Suzanne Mayo Frindt
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People have been known to achieve more as a result of working with others than against them.
-Dr. Allan Fromme
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No one man is superior to the game.
-A Bartlett Giamatti
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What chance gathers she easily scatters. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.
-Johann von Goethe
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Clearly no group can as an entity create ideas. Only individuals can do this. A group of individuals may, however, stimulate one another in the creation of ideas.
-Estill I. Green
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A dwarf on a giant's shoulders sees the further of the two.
-George Herbert
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Many hands make light work.
-John Heywood
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Books about Teamwork
