Who should be your team member?

From the book – ‘The Ultimate Success Secret’ by Daniel S Kennedy
An advertising agency empire-builder David Ogilvy established a tradition of welcoming new executive with a gift of five wooden dolls, each smaller than the other, one inside the other. When the recipient finally gets to the fifth little doll, the smallest doll, and opens it, he finds this message: “If each of us hires people who are smaller than we are, we shall become a company of dwarfs, but if each of us hires people who are bigger than we are, we shall become a company of giants.”

I really like this story as it really echoes how we should build a team. Recruit people that are bigger than you. Not because they are your best buddies. They are someone that you see you will work for someday. They are someone that you know they can achieve great success one day. Both of you work together because you have mutual respect. You know each other strength and weakness. Your working relationship helps each other to excel. You can be successful by yourself; the joint forces can make bigger and better things.

Let your guard down and let loose of you ego for a moment. Open your eyes and minds. Bring the best out of your team. When you are willing give out your 100%, so will they. Positive energy will compound. It’s not only 100% + 100%. It will compound to 100% X 100%.