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Chapter 7: Benefits Of A Working Partnership

by Nelson Tan

We present 8 immediate advantages to working in twos:

1) Having a like-minded individual to share common goals and purposes.
2) Multiplying the resources, knowledge, expertise, skills and productivity of 2 human beings.
3) Bringing clarity into one’s own understanding based on the partner’s stipulation of judgment.
4) Chemistry always opens up a greater access to new ideas through in-depth discussions. For this to happen, alternative options must be encouraged.
5) Having someone to encourage you and give you a boost of morale and energy to forge forward.
6) Greater mutual accountability on work performance.
7) Cutting down time and cost.
8) Knowing that you are committed/accountable to a partner, you are less likely to procrastinate.

During the course of your teamwork, obstacles are bound to crop up. Then again, obstacles are present because they begin with ourselves. There are at least 3 fundamental challenges that team players must fulfill at all times:

1) Respect differences.
2) Agree to disagree.
3) Be responsible and accountable to what we say and do.

The moment the above 3 points are constantly projected through your thinking and communication with your working partner, you will be amazed just how synergistic your partnership can become and no doubt you will enjoy your new-found position in this relationship.

Of course, complications naturally arise if the team size consists of more than 2 members, but we are only asking you to get in pairs, which is just fine, though you are most encouraged to increase your team size when necessary. The advantages of working together are ever ready to show themselves up once you are willing to put yourself into a partnership and cultivate it.

Recall in Chapter 3 how you can best establish a common lingo with your partners. Quite simply, by admitting that you don’t know as much as your partner, you will then be able to listen, value and revere your partner’s words. What makes the interaction worth revering is the quality of words you and your partners put into it. It’s about how much VALUE you can add into one sentence. It’s how you can train yourself to be a ‘man of few words’.

Today's lesson: Listen often and speak preciously.

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Nelson Tan is the architect behind Internet Mastery Center (http://www.internetmasterycenter.com): Create Your Online Profits with the RIGHT Products, Environment and Mindset!

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