Synergy

This week we have discussed how to recognize opportunities and take advantage of them. However, we have approached these topics from a personal view, not a collective or dynamic and powerful group perspective. That is what we will cover today.

Yesterday, I did mention that in order to learn much faster and develop skills more quickly, you should engage a personal coach in that area. Let's take that one step farther. Rather than just having a coach, find one or more people that want to accomplish the same goal and all of you then work together toward that objective. The combined strength, skills, and speed that the objective can be met will astound you.

This is called synergy. Synergy comes from the Greek word synergos meaning "working together". Synergy refers to the phenomenon in which two or more discrete influences or agents acting together create an effect greater than that predicted by knowing only the separate effects of the individual agents. Another definition is a mutually advantageous conjunction where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. This bears repeating - the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. The combined strength, skills, ingenuity, and resourcefulness of the group can be so much more powerful than the individuals putting forth their own individual effort separately.

There are so many examples of this - team sports, corporations, grass root campaigns, volunteer organizations, and many examples in the animal kingdom such as an ant colony and a bee hive. Although an ant can lift twenty times its body weight, this feat pales in comparison on what the whole ant colony can do in a brief period of time with everyone working together fulfilling their own personal role. Humans are also capable of some remarkable feats when they choose to work together for a common good.

The problems that eat away and destroy synergism are very evident. Personal egos, politics, greed, personal differences, etc. all take away from the combined overall goal or purpose of the group. If left unchecked, these deteriorating factors can not only halt or prevent the synergy from taking place, but can also destroy the very fabric of the group or organization leading to total dissolution of the group.

So again, it all comes down to choices. Do you put your own personal feelings and attitudes above the purpose of the group, or do you keep those feelings in check for the overall good of the group? A popular peace initiative mentions - "Give peace a chance" as opposed to war. War is always led by greed. How many other countless examples can be sighted to illustrate the simple choices we have to make on a daily basis? These can be personal choices, family choices, groups within a small organization to a large corporation, governments, and even at the global humanity level. These are all examples of how the decisions and choices we make not only affect our lives, but everyone else on the planet in some way or another.

When do we decide to take back this awesome power away from the few that control things? When do we stop greed from manipulating the masses? When do we learn that the people really have the power, not the talking heads?

Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd President of the United States, said, "When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty."

We have that choice to work together synergistically for the good of everyone or let the system constantly divide and conquer and control us.

As always, the choice is yours.

Or, as it is stated in the Bible:
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 (NIV)

There will be more on ways to implement solutions this week. Stay tuned ...

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Email: DeltaInspire@panama-vo.com