I’ve always wanted to be part of something bigger than myself. In former East Germany, we called it a "collective"; later, it became a "team." But a real team isn't built through legal entities or corporate titles. In the past, trying to build teams in cutthroat, hyper-masculine industries failed because those environments bred autocratic behavior. Today I realize: a team works like a magnet. If your own foundation is weak or ungrounded, you won't attract strong partners. Building an intersectional team on equal footing requires doing the internal work first.
What do you take away from this thought?
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