Thanks for your response. You bring up great points I'm familiar with from my past college business bachelor and MBA courses, as well as coaching youth football and basketball, and running a small business for decades. (So I'm really not opposed to teams here, or the need to have teams in many situations... I'm really just making an observation that teams are no substitute for self-reliance and pulling ones own weight in all situations. The "team-only-minded", similar to government, seem to fall into an abyss of "nothing is of real value unless it is done as a team" (e.g. those who only value kids team sports and not individual sports.) Team members all too often also seem to exploit the team when they don't perform as "individuals striving for the team"... all for reasons you point out, etc.)
Yes, the self-reliance aspect is something I didn't really talk about because I completely agree. I also think I may have bluntly focussed my answer on a specific type of team. I was thinking very much of project teams (I'm a member of very many, and leader for some). The dynamic is obviously very different for teams in a sporting sense.
I completely agree with you that the inclusivity of "team-only-mindedness" allows people to hide behind the team and also not develop certain strengths that are required as individuals. I've nothing against team sports but I'd hate to live in a world where they were valued above individual sport for very dodgy reasons.
Is it normal that I think "Team minded people" are weak?
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Thanks for your response. You bring up great points I'm familiar with from my past college business bachelor and MBA courses, as well as coaching youth football and basketball, and running a small business for decades. (So I'm really not opposed to teams here, or the need to have teams in many situations... I'm really just making an observation that teams are no substitute for self-reliance and pulling ones own weight in all situations. The "team-only-minded", similar to government, seem to fall into an abyss of "nothing is of real value unless it is done as a team" (e.g. those who only value kids team sports and not individual sports.) Team members all too often also seem to exploit the team when they don't perform as "individuals striving for the team"... all for reasons you point out, etc.)
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Yes, the self-reliance aspect is something I didn't really talk about because I completely agree. I also think I may have bluntly focussed my answer on a specific type of team. I was thinking very much of project teams (I'm a member of very many, and leader for some). The dynamic is obviously very different for teams in a sporting sense.
I completely agree with you that the inclusivity of "team-only-mindedness" allows people to hide behind the team and also not develop certain strengths that are required as individuals. I've nothing against team sports but I'd hate to live in a world where they were valued above individual sport for very dodgy reasons.
Interesting post, by the way.