Happy New Years!

Happy New Years everyone! Here's a piece of advice for anyone looking to have a great 2011!

It was Casey Stengel that once said, "No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who couldn't handle the hot fastball." In other words, even with the best of pitchers, if the catcher can't catch the pitcher's fastball, it would be useless, and the pitcher would be as good as all the rest, if not worse. This saying refers to success in real life, too, and not just on the baseball diamond. In real life, friends are the essential "ingredient" to one's success. Almost every great invention in history was accomplished by two or more people, even if only one person got credit for it. In every single project, there's always helpers, though unimportant (as a good catcher would be catching for one of the best pitchers), but they still contribute much to the completion of the project. So there is no such thing as one-man success; all accomplishments are done by a team. Some examples of team success is the multi-million dollar company Apple, created by Steve Jobs. Though he his credited with the founding of Apple, he is not the only person responsible for the creation of this company. There are the 35,000 employees that worked as a team to bring to the world things like the Mac, iPod, iPhone, etc., and also the co-founders (Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne). So even though it may seem Steve Jobs single-handedly brought forth the iPod, there are a lot more people that worked hard to design it. Another example would be Bill Gates and Microsoft. Like Steve Jobs, he is the main contributor to the creation of the company, and also similar to Steve Jobs is that he also got help from thousands of workers from around the US, and maybe even the world. In fact, any invention- the atomic bomb, the lightbulb, the car- were invented by two or more people! That just shows one the power of teamwork. If two brains work together to do something, they'll moth likely achieve it. Just take it from Michael Jordan, widely considered the best player ever in the NBA, and listen to what he has to say about teamwork: "Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. " Truly, the key to success in 2011, as it has always been and probably always will be, is to be a good, intelligent team player. As the old saying goes, "Two heads are always better than one."