How to Collaborate With Others to Make a Greater Impact

Work together to reach more people. Discover the power of learning how to collaborate with others to make a greater impact.

Collaborate with other to make a greater impact. Photo by lifelensandlove photography.

Word of the Week: Collaborate

Communicate, connect and socialize. Working together is the prize.

I first learned how to collaborate with other people when I started playing softball and basketball. Playing sports taught me how to communicate with my team to help win games, or at least make them competitive. It was through collaboration that I grew my communication skills and found leadership.

I often played point guard on my basketball teams and was a pitcher for my fast-pitch softball teams. I was used to getting a lot of minutes in games and feeling the pressure to win. It was through the many thousands of hours in practices and games that I learned how to collaborate with my team members. When we worked together, we achieved great things. I learned that when you collaborate, more things are possible.

I took what I learned about collaboration from my days of playing sports into every other area of my life, including at my corporate jobs and in my own home.

Who do you collaborate with? What are other ways you can collaborate to make a greater impact?

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