APAD: There's no I in team

本帖于 2025-08-17 14:06:30 时间, 由普通用户 最西边的岛上 编辑

The idiom "There's no I in team" emphasizes the importance of teamwork and collaboration. It means that individualistic behavior and prioritizing personal needs over the group's goals can be detrimental to achieving a common objective. The phrase plays on the literal absence of the letter "I" in the word "team" to highlight that a successful team focuses on collective effort rather than individual achievements.

It's important to note that individual contributions and skills are still very valuable. The idea is not to deny individual importance but to ensure that individual efforts align with and contribute to the team's overall success.

- From Google with editing
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Heard the phrase when watching "The Chelsea Detective" the other night, and it hit me.  So I used it in commenting under 7G's last APAD (BTW, 7G's reply "but two I's in idiot" gave me a jolly good laugh 哈哈).

Seriously, most of us need to work as a team in the workplace and the like, even at our own homes.

I think it's probably also true for WXC forums: each forum has its own characteristic ( == 坛风)and with its own participants. Those survived not only because birds of a feather, but people in it willingly work together to support and protect 坛风, especially when there is no moderator.  

I'm glad that I found my Utopia here in MYSJ with well-mannered and wonderful self-deciplined 
utopians, thanks to you all!!! 

There's no I in team, but there is three Es for everyone!  加油

Cheers!

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Bouns:-) "you can't spell wilderness without wild" from -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (885 bytes) () 08/17/2025 postreply 09:25:48

Never got around to catch this one. It sounds wild and wile -jeffnaper- 给 jeffnaper 发送悄悄话 jeffnaper 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/17/2025 postreply 10:26:09

Regarding the Superbowl, think of the ball as a baby: -jeffnaper- 给 jeffnaper 发送悄悄话 jeffnaper 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/17/2025 postreply 10:29:25

you want to cradle it tightly and protect it with your whole -jeffnaper- 给 jeffnaper 发送悄悄话 jeffnaper 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/17/2025 postreply 10:31:25

body. There's no "i" in team, but there's a "we" in -jeffnaper- 给 jeffnaper 发送悄悄话 jeffnaper 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/17/2025 postreply 10:32:31

"we're not fumbling this ball." Touch down! -jeffnaper- 给 jeffnaper 发送悄悄话 jeffnaper 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/17/2025 postreply 10:35:29

Yep, "we" is a must in team sports, to survivie & to win :-) -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/17/2025 postreply 10:53:00

Good one. No ‘I’ in team, two ‘I’ in idiot. -天边一片白云- 给 天边一片白云 发送悄悄话 天边一片白云 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/17/2025 postreply 10:55:29

IMHO, an idiot can't playWell inTeam due2 having 2many Is ~~ -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/17/2025 postreply 11:03:21

20yrs ago, I learned and launched that line in an email & -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/17/2025 postreply 12:17:30

pissed a coworker so bad that he had to run around the bldg -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/17/2025 postreply 12:18:56

three times to cool off :-))) -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/17/2025 postreply 12:19:17

Hahaha, Ur coworker ain't idiotic enough 2 do a duel ;-)) -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/17/2025 postreply 12:31:44

"No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot"-M. Twain -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/17/2025 postreply 12:33:37

Good point! There are actually 3 e‘s in “everyone“:) -暖冬cool夏- 给 暖冬cool夏 发送悄悄话 暖冬cool夏 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/17/2025 postreply 12:41:49

Yes (noticed & changed :-) Thx! 3 is more stable than 1&2:-) -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/17/2025 postreply 12:51:47

Thanks for sharing! Great writeup! -硅谷居士- 给 硅谷居士 发送悄悄话 硅谷居士 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/17/2025 postreply 12:50:54

bet U know "team" well (being a manager :-)) -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/17/2025 postreply 12:54:01

a team is only as fast as its slowest member; -移花接木- 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/17/2025 postreply 15:06:42

go fast go by urself, go further go by team -移花接木- 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/17/2025 postreply 15:08:02

Agreed 200%! Slow and steady wins the race :-) as long as -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/17/2025 postreply 15:10:06

all r on the same page & with team goal in mind. Cheers! -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/17/2025 postreply 15:11:53

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