The Teammate Tuesday Blog
Welcome to the Teammate Tuesday blog—Lance Loya’s collection of good teammate musings. These short, insightful pieces offer a unique glimpse into the art of being a good teammate. They are sure to improve teamwork and inspire you to become a better version of yourself.
Words Make the Best Rewards
It is Thanksgiving week in America—an occasion to reflect on our blessings and express our gratitude to those to whom we are thankful. From a “good teammate” perspective, it’s an opportunity to remind ourselves of one of the main tenets to...
Don’t Just Be Yourself
What’s the worst advice you’ve ever received? For me, it’s “Just be yourself.” If you read on and give it a little thought, I suspect you’ll come to agree this is probably true for you too. On the surface, “Just be yourself” seems like sound...
The Genius Project
Each month, my daughter’s teacher assigns her class "The Genius Project,” where the students are tasked with doing a report on an individual who used his or her intellectual gifts to contribute to society. Her teacher does a good job of combing...
My Brother’s Brother
My grandmother used to have a picture hanging in the hallway of her home of a boy struggling to carry a younger boy on his back, who was almost as big him. The caption for the picture was, “He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother.” I was always drawn to...
Valuing the Journey
Last week I posted something on Twitter that sparked an interesting conversation. (*I posted it on Facebook too.) The post was a photo accompanied by the quote that read: “Good teammates value the journey and not just the destination.” The longer...
Keep Your Ears Up
I have written in previous blogs about how close I live to Walt Disney World in Florida. (If you’re new to Teammate Tuesdays, we live close enough that my daughters can watch the Magic Kingdom’s nightly fireworks from their bedroom window.) Because...
Superhero Powers
I heard a discussion on the radio recently about a study that asked kids to pick the superhero power they would most like to have. The study had compiled a list ranking the twenty-five most common answers, and the disc jockeys were discussing the...
The True Team Player
Sometimes a situation will develop on a sports team where the production level of its star player is called into question. Despite having a steady streak of accruing dominant statistics, the star player’s numbers are unexpectedly way down, while...
Fraudulent Inconvenience
A friend of mine was awoken early Saturday morning by an alert on his phone. It was a text message notifying him of suspected fraudulent charges on his credit card. He immediately called his credit card company, and sure enough, someone had stolen...
12 Rules for Being a Good Teammate
Want to be a better teammate? Want to help individuals on your team be better teammates? Here are 12 rules for being a good teammate: 1. Share more than your possessions. Be generous with your time, your energy, and your knowledge. Don’t keep them...
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