THE POWER OF TEAMWORK

When you ask most people, “Do you believe that teamwork is important?” Most will agree that it is extremely important, in fact necessary to achieve and succeed in any great vision or goal. Yet, why do we all fall prey to the worldly media that conditions us to fight on our own?

The media has us conditioned to think that we can only win on our own merits. We fight for a job or a career and we believe that if we win someone has to loose. The business environment is ferocious. Most small business owners know nothing about developing a winning team. There is an adversarial relationship in most cases between the employee and the employer. Most employees only care about themselves, and most of the time they are justified, due to the fact that most companies only care about the bottom line.

Corporate America is in trouble, because its leaders have made decisions based on this win/loose philosophy. They have greed at hand and made decisions for themselves rather then what is good for society or their own employees. When will Corporate America wake up and figure out that the Win/ Win philosophy is what will create lasting long term growth for their company and the country?

Corporate America must realize that they must create teamwork with their employees as well as the general public. They need to do what is right rather than what is sufficient. They need to work toward the greater good rather than rely on selfish motives.

I have a feeling that this bailout of Wall Street will only provide further incentives for Corporate America to repeat the failed policies of the past. This can only increase inflation and lead to more expense that the general public may not be able to afford.

The country, and corporate America must create a team to work toward a common cause that will make America a powerful nation again. We can only be that way when everyone wins, including the great citizens of this county. Nothing but nothing will beat the power of teamwork!

To illustrate the power of teamwork take a look at this awesome you tube video. It takes place in Africa. The Lions I would consider corporate America. The crocodiles represent government interest. And the Buffalo represent a Team and what power teamwork can have. I hope you enjoy it!

WHY THIS BLOG?

As you can gather from the name of the blog, I will be talking about success principles such as leadership, teamwork, wealth, and relationships.

I use to think that the only measure of success was the money you had in your pocket. The more money you had the more successful you are. I didn't realize that there was more to the picture. Partly because today, society seems to hold that vision of success. It is reinforced in the school system and in the media. Television in particular has been a mind conditioning tool.

People are spending more time on entertainment that pursuing worthwhile ideals. We now have the most educated society within the history of mankind, but we are further from the truth than ever before. Our kids have less discipline, less respect, and less morals because they are not being taught. You might be thinking right now, "what does this have to do with success anyway?". Answer, "Everything!"

Your level of success will be directly determined by the knowledge and skills you develop. It is a learned behavior. You will need financial skills, time management skills, and people skills in order to be prepared for success. Not only do you need to learn them, but you need to put the principles into action. It is also important to have success as a balance of five areas in your life.

I break the areas up into these parts, Faith, Family, Friends, Fitness and Finance. For the sake of convenience you could group Family and Friends into one category, (Relationships).

I want to express here that I am not a know it all. I am not talking down to anyone here. I am talking with you all. I was lucky to finally meet people who showed me the way. I was reintroduced to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I was taught these principle that are timeless. These principles are part of the natural law. They are the same today as they were thousands of years ago. They have not changed, they are constant.

Example, the law of gravity is always constant, it does not change. We can fight it or we can use it to our advantage. Just like the principles of thought and abundance, in Earl Nightingale's "Strangest Secret". They are constant and they can work for you or against you. The key is to be aware of the principles and they will work for you.

Take for instance, the most simple concept of a smile. If you are aware that a smile creates new friends then you can use that smile to attract new friends to you. The person that is not aware of this may be asking themselves, "Why can't I make friends? Why is everybody so unhappy?" Maybe it is not that people are unhappy, maybe it is you not being aware of this simple principle. Why not smile more!!!!

I have much more to say as time goes on in this blog. My goal is to make a difference in people's lives. To help people who have autism in their family. To change the way people think in this country and recapture what we are loosing. To be a good steward of this planet. To show the fruits of the spirit and spread the knowledge of the Gospel to all who have ears to hear.

Well I hope you will enjoy this blog and that I can help you improve your life in a positive way.

Smile, God loves you!

Fran Burns