We all enjoy being part of a group—there’s no better work than teamwork, right? Actually, I disagree. Teamwork can be hard. In fact, it was so difficult that I left my office job and started working from home on my own. It’s a much better fit for me, and it has made me think about why teamwork can make our jobs harder rather than easier.
我们都喜欢成为团队的一员——没有比团队合作更好的工作了，对吧？事实上，我不同意，团队合作可能很难。事实上非常难，所以我辞掉了办公室的工作，开始独自在家工作。这对我来说更合适，它让我思考为什么团队合作会让我们的工作更难而不是更容易。

Personalities can make teamwork difficult. There’s often someone on the team that puts their needs first. The team often goes along with this person, whose ideas might not be the best, just the loudest. Just one difficult personality can make teamwork hard. Combine several challenging personality types, and it’s even harder.
个性会使团队合作变得困难。团队中经常有人把自己的需求放在首位。团队经常与这种人合作，他的想法可能不是最好的，但却是最响亮的。仅仅一个难相处的性格就会让团队合作变得困难。将几种具有挑战性的人格类型结合起来，就更难了。

Not having enough time together can also make teamwork challenging. For example, I was once on a team where we never had enough time to meet as a group. To successfully work as a team, you need time together—and lots of it.
没有足够的时间在一起也会使团队合作变得具有挑战性。例如，我曾经在一个团队里，我们从来没有足够的时间作为一个团队见面。要成功地作为一个团队工作，你需要时间在一起——而且需要很多时间。

A final reason teamwork is difficult is because there’s often no training on how to work on a team. You can’t just put people in a room and expect them to work well with each other. You need to build trust with your team members. Think of football players: They aren’t just given a ball and told to play. They practice, and they train.
团队合作困难的最后一个原因是，通常没有关于如何在团队中工作的培训。你不能只是把人们放在一个房间里，然后指望他们能很好地合作。你需要与团队成员建立信任。想想足球运动员：他们不只是得到一个球，然后被告知要打球。他们练习，他们训练。

Team can be hard, but working alone has its challenges, too. When my computer doesn’t work, I don’t have an IT person to turn to. When I have a great idea, I don’t have anyone to share it with to see if it really is a great idea. Don’t get me wrong—I still like my team of one and enjoy making all of the important decisions myself. But now I realize what was wrong with the teamwork I did in the past and how good teamwork could be if done correctly. And that’s useful information—because one day I might want to turn my ME TEAM into a WE TEAM.
团队合作可能很艰难，但独自工作也有挑战。当我的电脑坏了，我没有IT人员可以求助。当我有一个好主意时，我没有人可以分享，看看它是否真的是个好主意。别误会我的意思——我仍然喜欢我的团队，喜欢自己做所有重要的决定。但现在我意识到我过去的团队合作有什么问题，如果做得正确，团队合作会有多好。这是有用的信息——因为有一天我可能想把我的团队变成我们的团队。