As you may be aware, last week, I had the extreme privilege and honor to announce that Mike Jarvis and Dr. Arnold Kamhi, had joined the DASH team as Life Coaches. In the days since making this announcement, our offices have been flooded with calls from the media and clients looking to be coached by some of the very best coaches anywhere.

As I've had some time to reflect on the excitement that this partnership has caused, it has made me realize just how important teamwork is in life. Of course, in the sporting world, the importance of teamwork is readily apparent. For instance, in the game of basketball, one player, no matter how great, is not enough to make a winning team.

This point was illustrated very well in the career of the late Wilt Chamberlain. Quite simply, Wilt Chamberlain was the most dominating player in the history of the NBA. To this day, his name appears in the record books more than 70 times. His scoring feats are legendary and may never be surpassed. On March 2, 1962, he scored 100 points in a single game. That year, he scored more than 70 points in three other games and ended the season averaging more than 50 points per game. The man was simply a scoring machine. He led the NBA in scoring in 7 of his first 8 years in league and he also led the league in rebounding in 6 of those years.

Nevertheless, despite all of his personal success, Chamberlain's teams did not win a single NBA Championship during this time. However, all of that changed during the 1967-1968 season when Chamberlain's Philadelphia Warriors won the title. As you would imagine, Chamberlain's stats were once again stellar that year but not in the way you would imagine. Wilt did not lead the league in scoring that year. In fact, he was far from the league leader in scoring. That year, he averaged just 24.3 points per game, which was 13 points lower than his career season average up to that point.

However, he did lead the league in one important category - assists. While Chamberlain's career average was less than 4 assists per game in his first 8 seasons in the NBA, he averaged 8.6 assists per game during the championship year. Of course, this was not a coincidence. When Chamberlain turned his attention from his personal scoring records to helping his teammates score, he became a champion.

The same thing happens in the game of life as well. None of us is talented, smart or skilled enough to make it on our own. The only way we will ever achieve any significant victory is by getting others involved and assisting them to put a few points on the board with us.

I really believe that this has been the key to my success in life - my ability to "pass the ball." When I ran my brokerage firm, I didn't try to do everything myself; that would have been suicide! Instead, I found hard-working and talented people to work alongside me and together, we turn our brokerage firm into a multimillion company. One of my proudest accomplishments is that in just a few years, I helped more than 30 people realize their dreams of becoming a millionaire. And in the process, I didn't do too poorly either.

How are your assist stats this year? Are you trying to carry the load all by yourself or are you passing off (delegating) assignments to others?

I understand that this can be a difficult thing to do, particularly if you are already a skilled and accomplished person. There is a tendency to think that no one can do the job as well as you can. And this very well may be true but it is no less reason to delegate anyway. Think about Wilt Chamberlain. He was the greatest scorer of all-time. No one could put the ball in the basket more consistently than he could, yet he realized that he could never win if he was doing all of the scoring. If he wanted to achieve the ultimate success in basketball (an NBA Championship), he was going to have to let others do some of the scoring for him.

If you want the ultimate prize in life (whatever that is for you), you are going to have to do the same thing. For instance, if you want your company's business to increase, you must delegate increasing responsibility to your managers and employees. Or if you are a salesperson and you want your sales to increase, you must delegate increasing responsibility to your support staff and other company personnel. Remember, the more you let others shine, the more it reflects on you.