One of the blogs I frequent recently had a post about the trials and tribulations over hiring a “star” versus hiring someone who is a “team player.” There were lots of different views in the comments and of course an abundance of sports metaphors. Being a non-sports fan, I was more inclined to remember a first season episode from “The Big Bang Theory” in which Sheldon’s team lost a physics competition because Sheldon insisted on answering all the questions on his own. He was the brightest and didn’t hesitate to tell you so. The outcome hinged on the last question and even though a teammate had the correct last answer, Sheldon wouldn’t agree to let someone else’s answer be the official one; they lost.

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