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Who's more important: your team or those you serve?

Learn why your team and the people you serve exist as two sides of the same coin.

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Katie Burkhart
Aug 26, 2025
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Close up image of a coin
I took this one at one of my favorite places to work in Providence. They have a whole table covered in coins.

Your team and the people you serve are two sides of the same coin. One cannot succeed without the other.

Let me explain.

*dramatic pause*

With a slight build and common attire, the figure walking into the city wouldn’t register among the other people going about their business inside the castle walls.

The figure turns out to be Merlin. We’ve followed him into Camelot in the first episode of the BBC series that bears his name.

Seeped in Arthurian lore, the twist lies in telling the story from Merlin's perspective (as the name of the show might suggest).

The show wastes no time revealing Merlin’s unique capabilities. For those of you playing for the home team, Merlin has magic — great magic unlike any seen before. *jazz hands*

We also meet Arthur in the first episode. Blond, broad-shouldered, and clad in chain mail, we find him knocking a servant about while practicing his fighting skil…

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