Submitted by prodigy, 5/29/2009 10:39:39 AM [profile]
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Lessons in teamwork
***As geese flap their wings, they create an uplift for the bird following. By flying together in a V formation, the flock’s flying range is 71% greater than that of any bird flying alone.
-When we share a common direction and sense of community, we can get where we are going more quickly and easily because we are traveling on the energy of another.
***When a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of trying to fly alone, and quickly gets back into form to take advantage of the lifting power of the birds in front.
-When we have as much sense as geese, we will stay in formation with those who are headed where we want to go; we will be willing to accept their help as well as give ours to others.
***The geese in formation honk to encourage those up front to keep up their speed. When the lead goose gets tired it rotates back into formation and another goose flies out the point position.
-When we take turns doing the hard tasks, when we encourage others, we become stronger through shared leadership.
***When a goose gets sick or wounded, 2 geese drop out of formation and follow it down to help and protect it. They stay with it until it is able to fly again or dies. They then launch out on their own to find another formation or to catch up with the flock.
-When we have learned the value of teamwork, we too will stand by each other in challenging times. Let us fly in formation and remember to drop back to help those who read it.
“There is no limit to what can be accomplished when noone cares who gets the credit”
- Unknown
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Submitted by izzi423, 1/8/2008 7:58:57 PM [profile]
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coach-Fists in
a girl- why fists, coach? why not hands?
coach- does anyone know why not hands?
another girl- cus hands are sloppy.
coach- no, because when you have hands your fingers are separated but in a fist they are all together, so 5 together is better then 5 apart.
- Coach Valiska
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Submitted by Susanna_B., 11/30/2007 5:07:50 PM [profile]
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When you deliberately ignore or exclude a relative, friend, or neighbor, you are treating that person the way royalty used to treat slaves and commoners. Instead, share the best you have. Treat others as honered guests, with respect and dignity, the way you want to be treated.
- I don't know
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Submitted by crazy4u, 4/6/2007 9:32:02 PM [profile]
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They told me there is no “I” in team.
I am an athlete.
I am an individual.
I am strong.
I am weak.
I have desires, hopes, and dreams.
I have goals.
I have fears.
As a team my opponent will never see my weaknesses.
Only my strength, never my fears, only my goals as they unfold before them.
I am not afraid that my team will see my fears, my hopes, dreams, or desires.
I trust them to an unlimited level.
I am not afraid that my team will see my faults, because
With them I can overcome my faults, with them I am
fearless, with them I have hopes and dreams.
With my team I am not weak, I do not have the strength
of one athlete, but of many, combined, focused,
And dangerous to my un-united opponent.
I become my team and my team becomes me.
I do not judge, and I am not judged.
I have a goal, and the team has a goal.
The team goal is my goal.
All that matters is that the team reaches its goal.
They always told me there is no “I” in “Team”.
They were wrong.
I am the team.
I became the team.
The team became me.
The team becomes an entity unto itself.
The team is strong, creative, compassionate, caring,
Authoritative, disciplined.
The team absorbs “I”, and then there is “I” in “Team”.
The “I” becomes part of something much more powerful.
They were right there is no “I” in “Team”,
But there is “Team” in me.
- ash hoehn' one and only!!
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