We went out today and bought four new koi for the pond; they were a little smaller than I had expected so I was just a little disappointed, but once they were added to the pond they really added something to the community.  I guess you don’t have to be a star to add to the overall ‘team’ performance.

We are brought up in a culture that seems obsessed with stars, whole magazines are devoted to who did what with whom.  Yet in business we are told it is all about teamwork, and yet, and yet we still pay more attention to the star performers. 

We can’t all be stars all of the time, and some of us never do.  Does that make us any less important?  Or is a team, or an organisation or even a shoal of koi made up of all sorts with a beauty and a performance that outshines any individual?   Today might be a really good day to notice and enjoy the role and contribution played the ‘little guys’, and perhaps you could even take the time to tell them so too…