Friday, January 11, 2008

Teamwork verses Individualism.

My dear American Blogger friend Lynx and I exchange e-mails on occasion, and this was the most recent that intrigued me:

”Oh it's no problem Walter. Between the two of us we've tackled almost every issue there is to tackle, big and small. It's not something two little bloggers half the world away from each other can normally say, but between the two of us, we've tackled it all. You stick to the small stuff normally, which is good cause I'm not so good on that end (part of my personality I guess), and I go after politics etc, and here in the US there's no shortage of that! I'm trying to compose a piece about what's going on in Pakistan right now but I just don't know where to go, it's so confusing. But that just may be where I end up going with the blog.”

Just reading that has inspired me with a few thoughts that I will blog on. The first one will be as the title implies on teamwork.

As Lynx says we hare half the world away on different continents and in different Hemispheres. We are not only of different nationalities but also of different gender and even generations, and even different political leanings; yet we can still work as a team encouraging and inspiring each other with thoughts and ideas for further blogs. As also stated, we cover different topics or fields and thus cover a wider area with our blogs than if we worked independently or competitively.

Not any one person in this world can cover every area that often needs to be covered and so it helps not only the work but you too, if you work co-operatively rather than competitively.

It is not that we have set out to work together or to a certain plan, just that our two styles and general concerns, compliment rather than conflict with one another, and between the two of us we are covering a wider area of content than either of us could individually. And as we are not competitive to each other, we encourage and inspire, rather than contradict or sabotage each other’s inspiration.

By and large our reader market are markedly different too but between us, we are able to encourage one another to continue in our chosen areas of interest and concern.

What about you today? Are you fighting a lonely battle without support and need a little help and inspiration? Well look for and be open to, help from others.

Hopefully you will be able to find similar kindred spirits to you a little closer than the other side of the world, but accept it form wherever and whomever, it comes.

Who can you team up with this year, to both encourage and inspire your present sphere of influence and who can help you spread that present field of influence further? Don’t look for carbon copies of you but for those who compliment and fulfil your present talents and dreams. What say you? Walter

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