Two heads are better than one!

Habit 6: Synergize: Principles of Creative Cooperation

It AMAZES me that since I have started this blog situations have been arising in my life that proceed me writing about the next habit. For example:

Habit 1 : Be Proactive - I felt the need to start this blog.
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind - This blog came just before New Years at a time of year when I stop and take stock in what I want to accomplish in the upcoming year.
Habit 3: Put First Things First - The week before this blog I did some soul searching about what was important in my life, then went to write the blog...wow...1st things 1st.
Habit 4: Think Win-Win - Around this time life asked me some challenging questions regarding dealing with new relationships as well as old ones...then on Martin Luther King Day, when most of North America is thinking about MLK's visions of peaceful coexistence, blamo Think Win/Win.
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood - Then last week when I was coming to a head about not being understood... Habit #5 was there to be written about.

LOL...it's even happening right now. I just got a Blackberry Message asking me if I need help with my driveway shoveling, and a little while ago I read an article about getting others to participate in my social media... The idea of synergy has been in my head for the last few days! To be completely honest, as I sat down to write this blog today, I had forgotten what this habit was about, and there it was, the very idea that had been floating around in my brain for the last few days!

Let's get a little help from Stephen himself to tell the story of Habit 6.
(This excerpt is from https://www.stephencovey.com/)

"Habit 6: Synergize - To put it simply, synergy means "two heads are better than one." Synergize is the habit of creative cooperation. It is teamwork, open-mindedness, and the adventure of finding new solutions to old problems. But it doesn't just happen on its own. It's a process, and through that process, people bring all their personal experience and expertise to the table. Together, they can produce far better results that they could individually. Synergy lets us discover jointly things we are much less likely to discover by ourselves. It is the idea that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. One plus one equals three, or six, or sixty--you name it.

When people begin to interact together genuinely, and they're open to each other's influence, they begin to gain new insight. The capability of inventing new approaches is increased exponentially because of differences.

Valuing differences is what really drives synergy. Do you truly value the mental, emotional, and psychological differences among people? Or do you wish everyone would just agree with you so you could all get along? Many people mistake uniformity for unity; sameness for oneness. One word--boring! Differences should be seen as strengths, not weaknesses. They add zest to life."

In the spirit of Synergy I am cordially inviting your questions and comments!! As we are nearing the end of the 7 habits I will require new topics to discuss. PLEASE let me know what's on your mind!

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Thanks,
Johnny O.

P.s. - This link has nothing to do with Synergy... It's just a F*#kin' cool song I heard today!!