Despair.comAs was mentioned before, teamwork is the means to which multiple people achieve a goal collectively.
On the other hand, we find weakness if we mix inexperience with pride, leading us to think that we can survive on our own. In the Thundercats’ second episode, The Unholy Alliance, Lion-O, with the rest of the crew, finds himself battling his enemies alone on an unknown planet where they have both crash-landed. During the fight, Lion-O calls for the other Thundercats to come to his aid, with his Sword of Omens. Lion-O is able to fend off the mutants until the others come to his rescue. Later, in that same episode, Lion-O finds himself again alone face-to-face with a new evil villain. But he decides to hold off on calling the others. He thinks that he is able to fight alone without any help because he is the leader of the Thundercats. By the time he realizes that he is no match for Mumm-Ra, his Sword of Omens won’t allow the call to occur because it is covered in tar. His inexperience and pride allowed him to make this costly mistake. Luckily, Mumm-Ra had seen his reflection in Lion-O’s shield, which was enough to get him on his way, before destroying Lion-O and taking the sword. Had Lion-O called for his band before his sword was enveloped with the tar, he wouldn’t have had such a close call. Illustrating the lesson that on our own, there are some tasks that are near impossible to achieve. We need to rely on each other’s talents and strengths.
The next part of a team is that sometimes if you begin going at it alone, you can get better results. In the cartoon series, Recess' episode, Gus' Last Stand, the playground bully, Gelman, loses his current regular victim because the victim moves far away. This leaves a vacancy needing to be filled. Unfortunately, Gus, the son of a military leader and one of the main characters in the main group, receives the honor to become the new victim. The whole playground is uber intimidated by Gelman, so they leave Gus to his own. When Gus’ father relates a WWII story of Belgium standing up to Germany, Gus decides he’s got to be Belgium. When he sees Gelman next he tells him off, and puts on some boxing gear. When the whole playground sees Gus’ gumption, after being beaten up a little more than usual, Gus’ group stands up to Gelman, soon followed by everyone on the yard. Sometimes there isn’t a team, but when a few see a challenge that they would all like to defeat, they become the team. And collectively unified in a purpose, we are stronger than many individuals for the same purpose.
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