| Many years ago I attended a motivational seminar | | | | would all be deducing, in whispering terms, "2 to 6 tons." |
| (one of many!) where the speaker made quite a | | | | Then he said: |
| startling comment. He was talking about the power of | | | | "A single draft horse can pull between 1 to 3 tons but |
| co-operation and how it was so much easier to | | | | TWO draft horses, in tandem, can pull somewhere in |
| achieve a goal when everybody was pulling together. | | | | the vicinity of 12 to 14 tons." |
| He gave an example. He started off by making a | | | | Now, I still don't know whether this is true or not. But |
| statement: | | | | for the point of his story it was irrelevant anyway. The |
| "A draft horse can pull between 1 to 3 tons..." | | | | point that he was making was this - through |
| Well, I didn't know that. I still don't know for sure. I just | | | | co-operation and like-mindedness you will always be |
| took his word for it because it sounded reasonable. | | | | able to achieve more and achieve it quicker if you |
| Then he posed a question. He asked: | | | | create a team and pull together. |
| "What would you expect TWO draft horses to be | | | | When you have a large task to achieve you should |
| able to pull?" | | | | keep this in mind. It also brings to mind a much quoted |
| Obviously, by simple deduction and mathematics, the | | | | saying: "Teamwork makes the dream-work." |
| answer that most of us came up with was 2 to 6 | | | | So, the moral of this story? If you want to reach a |
| tons. Double the horses, double the capacity. Simple! | | | | goal and you want to reach it quickly - don't be a single |
| But he went on. He had probably asked many | | | | draft horse! |
| audiences the same question and knew that we | | | | |