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Originally Posted by FDG
This is a very focal point, because I tend not to get along at work with this kind of spirit. I generally don't have anything against teams but I never ever feel "part of a team". I have fun playing, but I go my own way after that. Don't expect me to sacrifice my happiness for an "Higher goal". Although the kind of people that appreciate work team tend not to dislike things I do because I tend to be very enthusiastic and dedicated and/or compentent. Just...not a teammate really. The way I usually get "hooked up" to a team is because in the team there is somebody I like to work with. Individualism is a definite priority in my life.
Just yesterday I was discussing with this Fe-INFp. He was proposing that school imposed compulsory uniforms because "this way there would have been a sense of unity towards something common" and "the differences between rich and poor would have been equalized". I told him that if I were forced to do anything, I would have done the opposite just because. "unity towards a great goal" - :shock:
I totally identify with your example, especially your :shock: at the "compulsory uniforms towards a sense of unity" - my immediate thought is , brainwashing of the Khmer Rouge sort.
I see teams as "coalitions of the willing". If I am working with other people in a team, as in work, I do not need, nor do I want, any feeling of a "team spirit". I will do my job because it's my job, especially if we have agreed beforehand on what has to be done. I hate - hate with a passion - corporate "team-building exercises".
In relationships, or with friends - my real friends - it's different. I am with them because I want to be.