The Four Brothers, or How to Build an Effective Team

Abstract

Once upon a time, there was a poor farmer and his wife. They tried their hardest to scratch a living from the land, which was full of thistles and rocks and had very thin, patchy soil. The weather was also unpredictable: sometimes it did not rain for months on end; sometimes it did not stop raining for weeks at a time. The farmer and his wife worked very hard, but they often went to bed hungry, so that their children had enough to eat.

Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.

—Helen Keller

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

—Michael Jordan

It takes two flints to make a fire.

—Louisa May Alcott