Individualism Vs Teamwork - my viewpoint that i wrote in 2008

 

If nobody comes along with you, you have to walk alone to establish #truth and #dharma

When I traveled and stayed in the two countries over the last two years, one thing I noticed that I would like to share. 

Both these countries are economic superpowers and have produced many great companies. 

One is Japan and the other is the USA.

I noticed that in Japan it's the team that comes first. Success and failure lie in teamwork. 

Whereas in the USA it's individualism that matters. 

Hence the USA can boast of people like Steve Jobs of the modern economy. 

Whereas Japan can boast of Toyota, Sony, Sharp, and so on. 

But these two countries are two extreme examples of 

individualism 

and 

teamwork

We, the people of #bharat, are in the middle. 

We have stopped producing iconic figures like Rama or Krishna of ancient days or Swami Vivekananda of modern days. 

At the same time, we can hardly boast of any world-class organizations. 

We lack individualism because we have already become famous as "Indian crabs"

and 

we lack great teams because of 

extreme factionalism 

and an 

inefficient system

If we want to become an economic superpower, we have to mend our ways and take any one of the extreme steps - 

individualism 

or 

team

The basic idea that all of us will produce the same amount of resources or contribute the same way to society itself is a devil's idea. We are all inherently unique - some people have tremendous positive gain, some people have negative gain - and hence there is no point in controlling the input level so that all of the people of the society create an equal amount of result - itself is wrong.

This idea of communism is not going to serve anyone or create anything marvelous for society

In Bharat, we must create a level playing ground for everyone and let the god-gifted gain produce the natural output - someone will offer tremendous gain, someone will moderate, and yet someone absolutely negative because we are inherently unique.

Enjoy my viewpoint on this...