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Chapter 73 Integrated Synergy: "1+12" Principle 2
第三卷Chapter 6 统合综效：“1+1>2”原则2
make the whole greater than the sum of its parts

The strength that two pieces of wood can bear is greater than the sum of the individual bearing capacities, and the curative effect of the combination of the two medicines may also be greater than the sum of the separate uses.This shows that 1+1 is equal to 3, or even more.

— Stephen Covey
British writer Samuel Butler believes: "No matter how strong a person is, as long as he cooperates with others, he will always play a greater role than working alone." Everyone's ability has a certain limit. Those who cooperate can make up for their own lack of ability and realize tasks that they cannot complete alone.

According to legend, there were seven dwarfs who were cursed by a spell, so they were locked in a dark castle isolated from the world.When they were first imprisoned in the castle, they were not very scared, but then they found that not only could there be no one to ask for help in the castle, what was even more frightening was that there was no grain here, not even a drop of water.The dwarfs became more and more anxious and desperate.

Among the seven dwarfs, Archimedes was the first to receive a dream from Athena, the patron saint.In the dream, Athena told him that in this castle, except for the dank storage room where they stayed, one of the other 25 rooms contained some honey and water, enough to last them for a while; There are stones in the other 24 rooms, including 240 rose-red spirit stones. If you collect these 240 spirit stones and arrange them in a circle, the terrible spell will be lifted, and they will be able to escape bad luck and return home to their homes.

The next day, Archimedes couldn't wait to tell the dream to the other six partners, but four of them refused to believe his words, only Socrates and Alice were willing to work together with Archimedes.In the first few days, Alice wanted to find some firewood to make a fire, so that it could keep warm and let some light in the room; Socrates wanted to find the room with food first; A spirit stone is found, so that the spell can be lifted quickly.The three of them couldn't reach an agreement, so they decided to find their own way, but after a few days, not only did the three of them have no results, but they were exhausted, and the other four snickered to themselves.

However, the three dwarves did not give up because of failure, they realized that they should unite.So they decided to find fire first, then food, and finally they all searched for spirit stones together.In this way, the three supported and assisted each other, and soon found the kindling, and found honey and water in a certain room.

At Alice's suggestion, they did not enjoy the food exclusively, but distributed it to the other four partners who were already hungry, and summoned them to look for the spirit stone together.Because with the strength of three people alone, it is difficult to find these 240 spirit stones in a short time.Finally, the seven dwarfs worked together and finally escaped from the castle.

The combined power of three people is far greater than the power of three people acting alone, and the effective cooperation of seven people has contributed to the maximization of the overall power.Assuming that each dwarf in the story acts alone, their ultimate fate can only be trapped in the castle, but the effective cooperation of their individuals helps them escape from the predicament.

Mr. Covey said: "The concept of synergy comes from a natural phenomenon: the whole is greater than the sum of its parts." In order to prove this point, he also gave an example that when some different kinds of plants grow together, the roots will be entangled with each other, thus will alter the soil so that each plant will be more lush than if grown alone.The same is true between people, cooperation can give full play to the strength of the whole.

But it should be noted that cooperation is not a simple addition of human resources, but much more complex and subtle.In cooperation, assuming that everyone's ability is 1, then the cooperation result of 10 people should be equal to or greater than 10, but sometimes it may be smaller than 10. The key is whether the division of labor is reasonable.Because people are not static objects, but more like energies in different directions. When they push each other, they will naturally get twice the result with half the effort. When they conflict with each other, they may accomplish nothing.

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