Teamwork makes everything better

Teamwork is the foundation of our ATC/SMC Family, what do you think of this story?

 

It was a bright sunny morning, and the football ground was shining with yellow rays from the sun.

Seeing this, a group of boys nearby decided to play a football match. Each one of them decided to bring some items for playing.

One boy decided to bring a football, another boy, the corner flag. Similarly, all the other football kits like goalkeeper gloves, marking chalk, goalposts, etc.,

After some time, everyone gathered on the ground and started picking the teams. Soon there was an argument about who will select the team members.

Then they decided that the person who had bought the most valuable object to play the game should pick the team.

As time passed by, they couldn’t decide one.

Then they decided to start playing the game with all the objects they bought. And one by one they will get rid and see at last which is more important to play the game.

The game started, the first thing they got rid of was the whistle because they thought the referee could shout instead of whistling.

Then the goalkeeper removed his gloves and started playing with bare hands.

Then they replaced the goalpost with a couple of bins on each side.

And finally, they replaced football with old tin.

While the boys were playing the game, a father and son saw them playing.

The father said to his son, “Son, see the boys, and learn from them. Without football, they were managing to play, even though they will never going to improve the game by playing with those objects”.

One of the boys nearby heard him and told his friends.

Then they realized that because of their ego and individual pride, they were not enjoying the game.

Also, they were not playing a proper football match even though they had all the necessary kits.

The boys then decided to park their ego and selfishness aside and start playing with proper football kits.

The match started, and the boys were enjoying the game, and in addition, improving their skills.

Moral of the Story:

In life, everyone has a personal goal that they want to achieve. But when we work as a team, the team’s goal is more important than the individual goal.

In teamwork, it’s crucial to set aside our pride and ego. Instead, we should work towards the team’s goal.

In this way, we will also achieve our individual goals like improving our game, getting a promotion in the office, learning a new process, etc.

 

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