You don’t win alone #

In 1933, nine working-class students at the University of Washington sat in a rowing boat for the first time. Three years later, at the Olympic Games in Berlin, they won gold.

Success came when they found perfect synchronization, known as “swing,” where eight rowers and a coxswain move as one. Individual talent alone couldn’t achieve this; it required unity and trust.

What’s true for rowing is true for every business. Individual performance is less important than cohesion. Steve Jobs once said:

One team working on one thing.