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I played a game of charades this evening in the company of
other friends all divided to three groups. My group which took time in deciding
on the name of the group and its leader, had a strong team in terms of number
and intellectual capability. My group was named SWIFT and was the first to take
turns, a member of the third group or someone who was not to be in any group at
all was attracted to what he saw and envisioned our capabilities. So he ported
to our group and was making funny suggestions to every demonstration from any
of the groups, we ignored him and for every round that we got our answers right
we excluded him from our celebration though he was keen on being part of our
group. We were guessing the dramatization by all the groups right, but there
was to be no bonus, the time keeper was either keen on not giving us time or
the other teams saw something wrong with how we played. When it was my turn to
demonstrate, my first try was disqualified for trying to make an alphabet with
my hand, my second try was disqualified because the unwanted addendum who had
been guessing wrongly all through finally guessed right this time. There was an
uproar, we couldn’t have the full point at least they said, because he was not
part of our group. We team SWIFT members got angry and said we had had it, we
were no more participating. We skipped two rounds willingly, then the moderator
came at the third round and told us we either continued or our group would be
dissolved for the rest of the program, we either kicked out the Jonah in our
midst or keep him and be nullified because we were giving disadvantage to the
team that claimed he was part of them. We kicked out the Jonah in the end and
continued the game, in the end we came second place. I was hurt L and sulked a little,
seriously anyways but I felt sentimental about having not to be the winner at
the game with the advantages we had and the promise from the start of the game.
Lesson learnt:
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Success attracts challenges, it also attracts
familirisation
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Competition is won in business most times by
ability of the team, and what each person can do, an educated guess at our
strengths and weaknesses worked well for my team.
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Team cohesion in the right direction also gives
a competitive advantage. In the face of repercussions caused by the Jonah
getting it right for the first time and our score being divided to two, team
SWIFT should have accepted it after our opposition and continued the game. Then
come out triumphant despite the challenges.
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Opposition are persistent of ways to break in to
the weakest link in the chain
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Respond and do not react to the opposition you
face irrespective of how many times they have come.
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Don’t stop what you are to do or who you are to
be because of a sudden opposition or challenge
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Talent is never enough
Thanks.
Live. Learn, Love
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