Top 10 - Things About Being On A Team

Among others, Emmitt Smith was inducted into the Pro Football Hall Of Fame this weekend. More on him tomorrow, but it got me to thinking about what it took to make Emmitt the all-time leading rusher in the NFL. So much so that we talked about it in our weekly men's group meeting this morning! So, here are my top 10 things about being part of a team...any team.  These are the things that are required to make a team successful.  Enjoy your Monday and the rest of your week!

• 10 - Chemistry.  You can't win if you don't like the people who line up next to you.
• 09 - Fellowship.  Similar to chemistry, but takes it a step further.  A team that loves being together when they aren't competing functions better together when they are competing.  Thunder, anyone?
• 08 - Support.  The feeling that the guy next to you has your back no matter what happens.
• 07 - Success.  The Bible says that two are better than one because they get a better return for their work.  That is displayed in teams around the world on a daily basis.
• 06 - A common cause.  It's awesome to have people around you who stand with you to help reach an objective.
• 05 - Leadership.  Great teams have great leadership.  Great leaders are those you can't help but want to follow...like Jesus!
• 04 - Perseverance.  All teams face adversity.  Great teams overcome it.
• 03 - Sacrifice.  Each member of a great team makes the personal sacrifices necessary to ensure the team's success...regardless of whether it means personal glory.
• 02 - Charisma.  Paired with leadership, but related specifically to team members.  There have to be members of the team whom people naturally want to follow into anything.
• 01 - Trust.  A team loses it's cohesion when it's members don't trust each other or their leadership.  Trust takes a long to time to build up and only a moment to destroy.