working together for performance
I was lucky enough to be able to drive a horse carriage for about a 20Km round trip over the last few days. Something I had never done before, I had ridden a horse twice before, but this was different. 2 Horses that needed to work together to pull me and a carriage along some dirt roads across the Portugese countryside.After a 1-2 Km or so, under the expert tuition of Mani, I was able to get in the feel of driving my pair of excellent horses. Dennis was the lead and Ishi, although a little bit bigger fell into step with him. What I noticed after a little while was these 2 horses were working in a perfect team. They did not need to talk or signal to each other, but they somehow knew when one needed to take the lead and when one needed to rest. They were just living in the moment, being positive and focussed on their performance goals. You could tell by the harness who was working the most, when they were working together. Building the delivery and power a crescendo when needed, as the hills became higher they pulled together completely in the moment of performance.
I had a great day out, but I also could see so many things I could take away about working together in a team. Focus on a combined goal, just living and doing, being in the moment so that you can reach into your strengths and deliver whilst supporting each other through the trip and get home.
posted by Alexandrian Practice for Positive Change @ 01:42
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