No “I” or Me in Team

 

 

No “I” in team

But a me if you jumble it up,

Whatever way you look at it

I or me still sucks.

 

Emphasis on the I

Is just as bad as the me,

Neither is good for team spirit

Since team always says we.

 

When will we get it:

Those immersed in the I?

Team doesn’t work well with one

However hard ones try.

 

 

Take a team of oxen

Under the same yoke,

If one of them should suddenly fall,

The other suffers a stroke.

 

Not literally so

But practically, I should add,

For the two being yoked together

Become essentially bad.

 

No “I” in team at all,

No “me” if you jumble it,

It’ll just be meat for all opposing:

Even for the misfit.

 

The notable I and me

Destroy teams from within

And anything that is salvaged

Goes to a her or him.

 

The only unit in a team

Is the very team itself

And all the narrow self-interest

Will ruin a team’s health.

 

 

So, no I or me in team

In no fashion, form or shape,

Any argument to the contrary

We should never take.

 

All together as one

To make a single unit,

Working for the common good

With a single remit.

 

Stewart Russell © October 25, 2024