Everything is connected
I have just finished reading The Bond from Lynne McTaggart,
a highly recommended book. The
Bond shows that the essential impulse of all life is a will to connect rather
than a drive to compete! The latest evidence from many disciplines – from
neuroscience and biology to quantum physics – suggests that nature’s most basic
drive is not competition, as classic evolutionary theory maintains, but
wholeness.
In fact we are inescapably connected, hardwired to each
other at our most elemental level – from cells to whole societies. The desire
to help others is so necessary that we experience it as one of our chief
pleasures, as essential as eating, and we succeed and prosper only when we see
ourselves as part of a greater whole. It is recommended to help foster more
holistic thinking, more cooperative relationships, and more unified social
groups.
“… the dance of
life is not a solo, but a duet – that every part of you connects to an
essential and irreducible Bond.”
This impulse to seek connection has four signatories in any
society: a need to belong, a need to agree, a need to give, and a need to take
turns.
“ We now require
nothing less than a revolution in our thinking. We must abandon the path of
atomization in the way we relate to people, in the way we create our
neighbourhoods, in the way we view our world. It is time for all of us to
embrace the new scientific discoveries across all the disciplines, which are
proving that we have maintained a false and dangerous view of ourselves. It’s
time to begin a new Age of Enlightenment, one that recognizes and honours
wholeness, and abhors the polarization of one people, one religion or even one
political party against another. Like Nipun Mehta, we must all begin our
individual efforts to make the Bond our superordinate goal.”
This means that employee as well as customer engagement is
crucial to our business. We should focus on building alliances, rather than
competitive strategies. It is also necessary to be connected with the
scientific community, to stay up to date on the latest research.
What are you doing to be connected?
GROW YOUR PEOPLE, GROW YOUR BUSINESS!
