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Who You Gonna Call When You Need a Backer

January 28th, 2010 |

Who is in your support network? Who are you going to call on when you are in a tight spot? Recently, Josh Hanagarne, from the World’s Strongest Librarian wrote a fun post titled “I’ve Joined A Gang That You Shouldn’t Mess With.” In the post he talks about the people he would summon if he were in a tight spot: Pinhead from Hellraiser, Dalton From Roadhouse, John Mclane from Die Hard, Blacula, and Bill The Butcher. As you can see there are only men on his team.

Liz Muirhead came back with “I’ve Joined a Gang That You Shouldn’t Mess With Part II” in response to Josh’s post. On her team she would like to have Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor in T2, Uma Thurman in Kill Bill 1&2, Kate Beckinsale as Selene in Underworld, Jessica Biel as Abigail Whistler in Blade: Trinity, and Sigourney Weaver as Lt. Ellen Ripley in Aliens. Liz has an all female team that she would call on.

I thought about it and decided to join in the fun. If I were in a tight spot, personally or professionally here are the five people that I would like to have on my team:

Anja Creed, lead character in Alex Archer’s Rogue Angel series.

In the book Anja is an archaeologist who goes on unique digs. But what I like about her is that she often uses her brain to get her out of tight spots. She has excellent analytical skills and knows how to fill in the gaps. She is a questioner and exercises due diligence in most cases. If force is called for, she also knows how to kick some serious ass.

Richard Dean Anderson‘s character MacGyver from the hit TV show of the same name

MacGyver was always able to work with whatever he had to find a very workable solution.

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein said, “You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created.” With any problem that I had, Einstein would help me to rise above it and uncover an innovative solution.

Estee Lauder

I would like Estee Lauder on my team because she was a woman ahead of her time and she would assist me in thinking differently and taking the path less traveled.

Thomas Alva Edison

Persistence pays and I’d like someone who has lived it. Edison keeps at it and when I get frustrated I would like someone to encourage me to go on until I found the right solution.

The team that I have chosen could watch my back in many different situations, and collectively, I think they would help to bring out my best self. And I would learn from them in the process, isn’t that what life is about? I enjoyed writing this post because it forced me to think, and the interesting thing is that I had no idea who I would choose when I started writing the post. Who would you want on your team to watch your back, and why? Let’s keep the conversation flowing, please comment. Many readers read this blog from other sites, so why don’t you pop over to The Invisible Mentor and subscribe (top on the left side) by email or RSS Feed. I created a Mini Learning Toolkit and you can grab a copy by clicking here.