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The Power of Teamwork: Lessons from Life and Faith · HAVE FAITH LET IT BEGIN®

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  The strength of the team is each individual member.
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  The strength of each member is the team. That's a quote by Phil Jackson.
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  Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress.
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  Working together is success.
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  Henry Ford. Being part of a team means that you work with each other to make
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  things happen for the best.
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  Have faith, let it begin starts right now. Have faith, let it begin. And it starts right now.
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  Welcome to Have Faith. Let it begin. Here's your host, Angel Santana.
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  Ariel, can you say, have faith? Let it begin. Let it begin? Let it begin. Say, have faith.
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  Let it begin. Let it begin. No. No. No? Okay. Hi, Noah. Noah!
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  Happy birthday, Noah. Hey, there. I'm doing busy. It was what does that mean?
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  This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.
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  This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.
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  This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine. Let it Sing Let it Sing Let it Sing Yeah!
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  Daddy, I'm so excited! But I have one question. What's your question?
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  Are you going to be a pastor or a minister?
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  Good question. I don't know, but it is all in God's hands.
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  Good morning! You're listening to Have Faith Love Again, and it starts right now.
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  Have Faith Love Again, and it starts right now. Had to say it twice because
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  I love hearing Ariel do that.
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  Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Have Faith, Let It Begin.
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  Today is March 3rd. Yeah, we're six days away from Angel's birthday.
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  Yeah, but the big 47 is coming, but that's neither here nor there.
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  We're talking today about teamwork.
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  You know, I can tell you how often I have been a part of so many teams growing
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  up and having so many different career positions and how often I have run into
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  people that just don't know how to act like a team.
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  You know, there's no secret behind the old expression that there's no I in team.
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  And that's because there are people that are in it for themselves.
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  You know, quite honestly, we take
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  for granted how often we sit here and we work with so many people that.
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  Are in it for themselves, right? I've said that twice now, sorry.
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  But there's so much to learn from each example and each situation that we go through.
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  So I remember being in my early 20s and watching so many people that I've worked
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  with cut through, backstab, and say things to other people.
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  Listen, and I did it too. I am not perfect. And I learned it a lot in my 20s,
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  even in my 30s, you know, to grow up,
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  to not be unprofessional, to not be immature and to remember that you're there
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  to do one thing and that's work and do a job.
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  And I, and I think about, you know, the disciples and I think about Christ teaching
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  them to stay the course, to learn and to preach, you know, and practice what you preach.
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  And even the disciples were in a way trying to get at each other's quote unquote jobs,
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  trying to feel important and not realizing that they were hurting others by
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  asking for favors or asking to do certain things and wanting to be to better themselves.
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  When in reality, you know, you have to think about others just as much as you
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  have to think about yourself.
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  So the reason why I brought all this up is because, you know,
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  I have so many stories that keep coming in and so many things that have happened
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  in my life that continue to affect my daily outlook in life.
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  And it all stems from teamwork. We all work with people that do their jobs efficiently,
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  100%, but there's always that one bad apple that can spoil the bunch.
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  And what I'm learning just by reading the Bible and understanding the importance
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  of all that we have to offer each other is that we have to also learn to forgive.
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  And even though I'm saying all these things about teamwork and all the things
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  about people that are doing things deliberately or cutthroat or trying to do
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  things that, you know, that shouldn't be, be done to make us feel uncomfortable
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  in our work environments.
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  We still have to learn to forgive others for all that they have done to us.
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  We still have to give people an opportunity.
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  But here's the thing. If you're that person that is the I in team,
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  if you're that individual and you don't realize it, it's time to grow up.
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  It's time to think about others, you know?
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  If you're a parent, for example, and you're raising a child,
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  it is your job to nurture that child.
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  It is your job to teach that person from right and wrong. And if you're that
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  person that is right, but you know, is right and feels like they're doing wrong
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  to others, then you need to make it right.
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  There's an expression that I've lived by. If you're right and you're rude, then you're wrong.
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  So if you're a owner of a facility, if you're a manager, if you're a colleague,
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  if you're a lead, if you are a part-time person, go into work with the mentality
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  that you're going to do everything you can to work within your team.
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  And if you have issues with other people, be that grown individual and say,
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  hey, I want to talk to you about something.
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  Let's rectify this. Let's get this to be better. Because if we all took the
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  time to speak with one another, if we all took the time to work with one another,
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  the world would be a much better place.
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  And that's what teamwork to me needs to be all about.
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  So when you go about your way today and you're going into work,
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  or if you're just coming home and you're in that environment,
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  where you feel that the environment is being corroded or has a kryptonite,
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  let us pray for that person so that they can come out better on the other side.
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  May God be with you. May he shine his light upon you and grant each and every
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  single one of you peace on earth.
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  And never forget, be a team player, be true to yourself, trust in God,
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  and never forget to have faith, let it begin. See you tomorrow.
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  Thank you for listening to Have Faith, Let It Begin. We'll be back tomorrow.