WRANGLERS AND STRANGLERS

Many years ago there was a group of brilliant young students at the University of Wisconsin.  The group of students seemed to have an amazing creative literary talent and were extraordinary in their ability to put their literary skills to its best use. These promising young students met regularly to read and critique each other's literary works.

These students were merciless while they criticized one another. They dissected the most minute of the expressions and offered tough and even mean criticism to each other's work. Their meeting sessions became arenas of literary criticism and the members of this exclusive club called themselves the "Stranglers."

Not to be excluded to the opportunity to level up their literary skills, the other group of students of literary interest in the university started a club of their own, one comparable to Stranglers. The members called themselves the "Wranglers." The member of the club too presented their literary pieces in front of each another. But the feedback from the members was much more softer, more positive, and more encouraging. Every effort from a member, even the most feeble one, was encouraged by all.

After twenty years, a university alumnus was doing a study of his classmates' careers when he noticed a huge difference  in the literary accomplishments of the Stranglers and the Wranglers.

Among all the brilliant young students in the strangler, none had made any significant literary achievement. But the students in the Wranglers had several successful writers and some renowned national literary talents.

The talent and the education between the two groups were almost the same. There was not much difference. The Stranglers strangled each other while the Wranglers gave each other a lift. The stranglers created an atmosphere of contention and self-doubt while the Wranglers brought out the best in each other.

Flash: No matter how smart, talented, driven, or passionate you are, your success depends on your ability to build and inspire a team. A successful leader is one who can spur his or her team members to work well together toward a common vision and goals. The difference between success and failure is a great team.

Moral: Creativity thrives when people work together as a team. Brainstorming ideas as a group prevents stale view points that often come out of working solo. Combining unique perspectives from each team member creates more effective solutions.

"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships!!"