Messages of the Day - Strength in Numbers

Good Morning,

 

Still no sign of the lost posting from Tuesday… I am told emails can take as much as 72 hours…  Anyway, as I continue to read ‘Me to We’ I am finding many delightful and insightful real life stories of what people are doing to make a difference in the world.

 

The most recent section I read has to do with working in groups, and organizing to teams for even greater accomplishments. If you have a task to perform, and you are part of a group, the amount of time it will take to finish the task is often directly related to the number of helpers. In Ecuador, there is a term called ‘Minga’ where everyone drops what they are doing and help out in a controlled riot of help. Another example of a Minga would be a barn building where the town gathers together to help one cause.

 

There is strength in numbers and there is also safety in numbers. The best example of this is with the zebras. A single zebra looks like a prime target for any predator, and in fact, they are. But in groups, zebras have protection by their very numbers. If you looked at a large group of zebras closely, you would have a hard time deciding where one zebra starts and another stops. The outlandish black and white strips cause a mystifying effect which deters many predators as they only see a blur. Researches painted red spots on some zebras to study them, only to find out that they were then easy pray by the predators as they lost their strength of numbers.

 

Working together and joining forces for a cause can have a great impact on getting work completed, taking on and completing a project or simply facing the rigors of the day and troubles we call life.

 

You are never alone when you have others willing to work with you and help you.

 

Remember, there is strength in numbers.

 

Enjoy!

 

Sanford Berenberg

Sanford@berenberg.net

http://sanfordberenberg.blogspot.com/

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