Day 163 -- working in teams

I heard a wonderful speaker today. He is a gold medal Olympic rower (Beijing games) and capsized near the Bermuda triangle, when attempting to row across the Atlantic with three others. Adam Kreek does team building and motivational work. His story telling style was engaging and his message fairly simple -- well simple to understand and less simple to practice. He noted that teamwork is a 'solutions mindset' His message emphasized the need to 'debate ideas not people' -- in short learn to love the team of people you are with as team is a type of 'family.'

This struck me -- not a new message, but the packaging was innovative, real, and engaging.  Hearing of someone in a life-threatening situation like the small vessel that capsized does show that life often needs to be put into context for us. His description of that instant of terror, elation at escaping and finding all others alive, and the fear at not knowing when or if help would arrive was amazing. It was a huge obstacle that they each overcame.

Today's song came instantly to my mind when hearing him summarize his main points. It encompasses the common factor necessary to successfully adopt the suggested life tenets -- love. This version shows amazing teamwork, too <smile>. Enjoy!

Love is all you need -- McCartney, Joe Cocker, Rod Stewart, Eric Clapton and oodles of other cool folks (how many can  you spot? <gg>)