Synergy

Synergy is about working with others. It’s about the influence you have on people and the influence they have on you. In my last post I mentioned that some of us are gifted as visionaries and some of us are gifted at action. When these two work together the results are better than the parts.

I’d like to offer an alternative dimension to this view of synergy. Consider that human synergy is related to the influence of people you have met over your lifetime. From your friends in your childhood to the friends and co-workers you have today. How have they influenced you?

When I was young I played with groups of friends and lots of team sports. Today you can find me working to develop teams, setting goals, and improving communication.

In college I met several people that had incredible task-oriented focus and discipline. Today I use their traits and stories to help stay action oriented to completing tasks.

My life has also had its share of ups and downs and from these experiences I am able to relate to other people on many levels. I can understand and be empathetic to different points of view, different learning styles, and different life goals.

Each day people influence my life and each day this synergy makes me a stronger person than I might be without the influence of people. I am collaborating with people through time, collecting experiences and offering the lessons I have learned back to the world. I believe we all do this to some extent and this is what I believe is the power of human synergy.

“I am a part of all that I have met.” Lord Alfred Tennyson