Live and Let Live

[Koko Ed]

Most people in FIRST deal exclusively with their own team (and maybe interact with some other local teams). People should try volunteering and get outside their own little box and see the greater world of FIRST. It is amazing to behold. All the different teams. All the different methods. All the different approaches. I have many favorite teams that I have seen over my many years of FIRST that are very different from my own. I have even brought a few ideas back form those other teams to my team to try out. You can learn alot from a teams different perspective of seeing things in FIRST. Obviously not everything is going to work out but seeing and learning how other teams solve the great problems the GDC challenges the teams with every year is the ingredients for the inspiration that we come back for year after year in FIRST. Don't discourage it. Embrace it til it bursts!