The greatest lesson that I learned from Cristiano Ronaldo, one of my idols, is how to combine personal talents with a group in order to benefit the whole team. Even in his early career, Cristiano Ronaldo displayed amazing talents with a soccer ball and was considered to have the potential to become the best player on this planet. Unfortunately, as a young talented player, Ronaldo was arrogant and over-confident with his skills which eventually caused him to become a personal showoff on the pitch instead of helping his team to win matches. As time passed by, more and more fans and even his teammates started to criticize him for his selfish behavior. However, in 2007, people began seeing a new Ronaldo on the pitch as there were more passes and interaction between him and his teammates. In 2008, Ronaldo reached the peak of his career as he was named FIFA player of the year. In his speech after receiving the award, he thanked his teammates and stated that his great improvement was based on the fact that he realized “nobody wins unless everybody wins”. The power of one is no match for that combined of many and it was only under the support of his teammates was he able to unleash his full power.
As a student at the Sauder School of Business, I have had opportunities to carrying out what I have learned from Ronaldo. In projects for Comm 101 and Comm 292 last term, each member of the team was able to combine their talents with the team and we ended up achieving good results. The effort of a group rather than an individual can eventually make everybody’s work easier and more efficient.
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