One of my mentors would always teach me how sports and business can be compared to one another. So, of course, I’m going to make that comparison. It’s my opinion that in all sports, the most talented team doesn’t always win the championship. I could state numerous examples of how true that is. And this year was no different in Major League Baseball.

The Texas Rangers made the playoffs as a wildcard team in the last game of the regular season. This meant playing most of their games away from home. During the playoffs, they beat Tampa Bay, Baltimore and Houston to advance to the World Series to play Arizona. The Rangers won in five games.

But what’s more telling than the Rangers winning is how they conducted interviews after each game. To the man, every person interviewed would give credit to their teammates, coaches and the manager. Analyst Derek Jeter mentioned how frustrating it was to interview them because he wanted each player to talk about their performance on the field, and all they did was give credit to everyone else.

Is that the only reason they won the World Series? No, they were a good baseball team, but I think they won mainly because they didn’t play for themselves. They wanted to contribute to the team and played for each other.

Business is no different; if you only focus on yourself, you might find some success. But if you work to support and lift everyone around you, that’s where you develop greatness. Greatness for the people you work with, your customers and LASTLY for you.

You’ll never find greatness, or the best version of yourself, until you help others find the greatness in them.

Who are you helping find greatness today…

My 2 cents.