Lessons from Lions
On a recent trip to Africa, I was amazed by the wisdom of lions. I saw a pride of three lions, a male and two females, display the brilliance of teamwork, trust, and balance. Teamwork- I watched these lions in a beautiful symphony of teamwork as they engaged in a hunt. I was in a jeep on a flat surface below a hill. The lions saw an antelope on top of the hill who was their target. One-by-one, they headed off for the hunt, without a sound, and spread themselves out. The first female lion, known as the chaser, went up the hill to pursue the antelope. The second female lion waited at the bottom of the hill to kill the antelope that the chaser would hopefully chase down the hill. The male lion lay behind her in case he was needed to complete the kill or do it entirely. The drama then began. The first lion dashed up the hill to get the antelope, while the other two lions waited intensely to do the kill. They had each walked so slowly and deliberately to their spots th...