Cooks in the Kitchen

My wife is an amazing cook.  Seriously.  Her excellent cooking has caused me to develop a greater interest in the art of cooking itself.  The thing is, our kitchen is small, therefore when we’re both in there trying to cook something we can tend to butt heads.  Sometimes too many cooks in the kitchen means no food gets cooked.  This principle really translates as “work together as a team”.  Working together sometimes means knowing when to lead and when to follow.  It means submitting to one another in a way that best accomplishes your combined vision or task.  One of the most famous depictions of how teams working together can accomplish much is how the Greek city states worked with one another in the 5^th century to defeat their Persian enemies.  In the historical context each state was independent and either despised each other or had very loose loyalties at best.  Yet when faced with the idea annihilation they pulled together and worked toward victory.  As a people it is important for us to recognize when we are leading and following.  This helps to ensure we are in-line with the combined vision of our teams.  This is useful in the most powerful governments of the world and… my kitchen… probably yours too.