Today I participated in a fun team-building exercise at work which was sort of a cross between Broken Telephone and a relay race. It got me thinking about a funny story from childhood.

When I was in grade 4, I partook in a relay race. As I stood at the starting line waiting for the previous runner to make it to me, I stared ahead and mentally prepped myself to grab the baton and make a run for it. Suddenly I heard, "Take it already! Go, go, go!" My teammate was standing next to me offering the baton, but for a few seconds I ignored him because I was too deep "in the zone". Whoopsie.