Habit 6:
Synergize
Synergy is
achieved when two or more people work together to create something better than
either could alone. Through this habit, teens learn it doesn’t have to be “your
way” or “my way” but rather a better way, a higher way. Synergy in the reward, the
delicious fruit you’ll taste as you get better at living on other habits,
especially at thinking win-win and seeking first to understand. Learning to
synergize is like learning to form V formations with others instead of trying
to fly through the life solo. You’ll be amazed at how much faster and farther
you’ll go. Synergy doesn’t just happen. It’s a process. You have to get there. And
the foundation of getting there is this: learn to celebrate differences.
A good band is
a great example of synergy. It’s not just the drums, or the guitar, or the sax,
or the vocalist. It’s all of them together that make up the “sound”. Each band
member brings his or her strengths to the table to create something better than
each could alone. No instrument is more important than the other, just different.