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I was recently reading "Startups that
work" a book by Joel Kurtzman and Glenn Rifkin. A title to
one of the chapters just jumped out at me: "Never Walk
Alone." I was sitting in my car in front of one of the retail
stores where I have worked for the past 11 years. It was a
simple title, pure common sense, yet profound. I was
transfixed. I searched through, in my mind, through some of my
most successful moments, both in my private and business life, and I knew
this advice, this strategy, this counsel was so true.
The most successful points in my marriage, of almost 18
years, happened when we worked together toward the same objective;
when we communicated, collaborated, and shared a common goal.
The preparation for my trip overseas and stay abroad
would not be as successful were it not for the close cooperation, strong
alliance with my cousin, Sunny. We searched for all the information we
could get, fed off each other's curiosity, energy, contacts, and
brains. I was the brains, by the way. We had successfully used
the same strategy in secondary school. We were study partners, and
for four years in a row, I was either first or second in the class.
Never third. Third was not good enough.
Martin Luther King Jr. never walked alone. His
march through Selma, Birmingham, and on Washington - He was never alone.
He had Rosa Parks, Jesse Jackson, a whole host of uncelebrated men and
women behind him. He had the support of all Black people and the
good will of good whites.
Jesus Christ was never alone. He had his twelve
disciples. More importantly, he always had the Father with
him. Two thousand years later we celebrate and worship the Son
because of his close alliance with the Father.
In business and your private life, create a partnership,
a mutually beneficial association, preferably with someone or organization
bigger than yourself. Put in your good work. And you will be surprised how
far you can go. That much I learned.- Onaiwu |
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