Habit 6

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Habit 6

• SYNERGIZE

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Alone we can do so littletogether we can do so
much. Helen Keller
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SYNERGIZE IS

• Working together
• Open-mindedness
• Celebrating differences

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SYNERGIZE IS NOT

• Working Independently
• Thinking You Are Always Right
• Tolerating Differences

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Diversity!
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What is Diversity?
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YOU!

• Culture/Heritage
• Family
• Likes/Dislikes
• Attitude Religion
• Talents
• Beliefs
• Friends Choices
• Experiences
• Knowledge

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WHY IS DIVERSITY IMPORTANT?

• 3tablespoons margarine or butter
• 1package (10 oz.) regular marshmallows
• 6cups KELLOGG'S RICE KRISPIES cereal

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How do you handle diversity?

• Shunning
• Tolerating
• Celebrating!

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• We are all a minority of one.

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We all learn differently

• Linguistic- reading, writing, telling stories
• Logical- logic, patterns
• Kinesthetic- touching, body
• Spatial- images, pictures
• Musical- sound, rhythm
• Interpersonal- interaction with others
• Intrapersonal- through own feelings

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We all see differently
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We all have different styles, traits, and
characteristics

• Personality Quiz Time!

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You were born an original, dont become someone
elses copy. anon.
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• The giant Redwoods, or sequoia trees, can reach
  heights of over 300 ft. They grow in clumps and
  share a vast array of intermingled roots. Without
  each other, they would blow over in a storm.

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3 Roadblocks to Synergy

• Ignorance
• Cliques
• Prejudice

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The Cold Within
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Finding the Highway

• The Buddhist definition of the Middle
• Way does not mean compromise
• It means higher, like the apex of a triangle.

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• TO BE CONTINUED

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Getting to SynergyAction Plan

• Define the problem or opportunity
• Their Way (Seek first to understand the ideas of
  others.)
• My Way (Seek to be understood by sharing your
  ideas.)
• Brainstorm (Create new options and ideas.)
• High Way (Find the best solution.)

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Synergy in Action!
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Synergy!

• Choose one Baby Step from pg.202 (to be completed
  by next lesson).
• Write an page essay on what Synergy means to you.
  Be sure to describe the Synergy Action Plan in
  detail and give an example of how you might apply
  the plan in everyday life. (No less than one page
  typed, double spaced, due next lesson).