In life and in self-defense we’ve found SYNERGY to be so obvious, and essential a PRINCIPLE, and at the same time overused in the world of business coaching and pop psychology. We will not attempt to explain the overuse and of the word. Needless to say, the world has enough “falling backward team trust demonstrations” and leadership development ropes courses to provide its own level of amusement and discussion. Instead, we’ll focus on why, and more importantly how SYNERGY works.

SYNERGY of power seems logical right? The more and better we SYNERGIZE with team mates, loved ones, and good friends the more, and the easier it becomes to accomplish anything. After all 2 heads are better than 1 right?

Yet, especially in the US we view our world through the eyes of rugged individualistic, pioneer spirit. We have countless examples of those that obviously went it alone, braving the wind, sleet and snow to build their dreams all on their own. Or did they?

Where would Apple Computer be today without both Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak? It turns out probably no where. At our very core even being born is done with two parents. No one accomplished anything without SYNERGY.

After all SYNERGY defined is:

The interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects. Google

Today, let’s look at SYNERGY applied from attacks of aggressive outside forces. This week we are studying defense from a front grab. Realize first, no one grabs without force either to slam their opponent into a wall or drag them into a van. Assuming the attacker is almost always stronger, and larger, “resistance is futile.” However, unlike the Borg from Star Trek, the outcome is not usually gradual assimilation. Rather, violence within the conflict.

We easily experience at least as much opportunity for conflict, as we do cooperative SYNERGY each and every day. This “conflict SYNERGY” ironically is as beneficial to us as “cooperative SYNERGY.”

As in the case of the grab, the opponent pushes or pulls, and the defender “goes with” the energy given, and in doing so multiplies the energy of their attacker with their own. Although this SYNERGY is counter intuitive both in self defense and life, what if we could “go with” the energy of conflict, allow the giver of the energy to gift their energy to us and spend less time struggling in conversations, business interactions and political discussions?

For me, this “gifting of energy” is at least worth consideration, and perhaps SYNERGY will be discovered in the process…

#allenhughes #synergy #lifedefense

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