All For One

There is no doubt that the All For One And One For All concept has been worked to the bone. Though this might be the case, let’s also not ignore the fact that it still remains true more than 150 years since it was first coined by Alexandre Dumas – the author of The Three Musketeers.

I’m one of the fortunate few who get to experience this on a daily basis at work and one such experience was when we recently painted an orphanage. After arriving, at the home, we were assigned specific walls and parts of the house to be painted. And as I stepped back later to take a breather, I realized something. That while we may be perfectly capable of climbing a ladder, we still need someone to hold it still.

There were also the hard to reach corners that were easy to do, but after 30 minutes, it did get tiring and there was someone else to take over. Because we realized that this was a team effort, what would have taken a full day to complete was done in time to break for lunch. In a work place environment, if you think you prefer working alone, remember that you are only developing yourself or denying your team of the skills you have to offer. No man is an island as the saying goes – and this is true because when you realize the beauty in coming together as a team, the results are magnified 10 times over.