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 The third applicant took one hand and swept all of the sand from the desktop into the palm of his other hand. Unfazed, the manager asked, “//Which one did you choose?//”. The confident applicant proclaimed “//I’m a team player, and I assume that I will be assigned a team. So I’ll have my team evaluate these opportunities to select the best one.//” The third applicant took one hand and swept all of the sand from the desktop into the palm of his other hand. Unfazed, the manager asked, “//Which one did you choose?//”. The confident applicant proclaimed “//I’m a team player, and I assume that I will be assigned a team. So I’ll have my team evaluate these opportunities to select the best one.//”
  
-The manager replied, “//Delegating authority to others does not relieve you of responsibility. You were asked to perform a simple task. To choose a grain of sand. Yet, you were so fearful of being held accountable for making a mistake, that you chose not to choose.//”+The manager replied, “//Delegating authority to others does not relieve you of responsibility. You were asked to perform a simple task. To choose a single grain of sand. Yet, you were so fearful of being held accountable for making a mistake, that you chose not to choose.//”
  
 Applicant #4 \\ Applicant #4 \\
 The fourth applicant took one finger and pressed it against a grain of sand. Raising his finger, he proudly showed the The fourth applicant took one finger and pressed it against a grain of sand. Raising his finger, he proudly showed the
-manager the single grain of sand, and declared, “This one”.+manager the grain of sand, and declared, “This one”.
  
 The manager replied, “//Excellent! Now tell me, what opportunity does that grain of sand represent?//”  The manager replied, “//Excellent! Now tell me, what opportunity does that grain of sand represent?//”