Together - Better

College is a simple idea: you sign up, shell out a ton of money, buy and read the assigned books, and then take tests proving that you understand the assigned books.

I dropped out of college third semester in. But I read a lot. The image you see here is just the snapshot of some of the books I've purchased from Amazon over the years.

Very smart people wrote those books, and I devoured them. Sometimes in a conversation, what I learned from a book will bubble up and weave itself into the discussion. I'm thankful for that. I want to remember and easily recall smart things.

Today, I remembered what something from a book entitled Leading Teams. The author speaks of how an airline works its flight crews. We've all seen it - the pilot might or might not know the co-pilot. The same for the navigator, if one is necessary. And the flight attendants. They learned that flight crews who routinely worked as a unit had less mishaps than mixing their people around.

The more we hang around someone, they more we know their habits, mannerisms, humor, shortcomings, and strengths. That knowledge is essential when surprises occur. We all behave normally when life happens as expected... it's when the unexpected happens that we learn how well we truly work together.

If you apply that to politics, then it becomes easier to comprehend why the establishment operates with efficiency toward its objectives and our newly elected officials take some time to find their lane.

Members of a team enhance each other. It's why married couples are often opposites: each provides what the other lacks. Longevity breeds familiarity which breeds comfortability.

We need the players who play the long game with us. When we find them, we survive both the expected and the unexpected and we grow stronger together - better over time.

Who's on your political team? The more each comes with a servant's heart, the more we can achieve.

The knowledge in all of those books from those wicked smart authors are part of my political team, whether they know it or not. And for that, I'm very thankful.

2 Comments

Kace (May 30, 2025 7:21 PM):

I like the you put these thoughts my friend. Well said.

Marilyn Snider (May 31, 2025 10:35 AM):

We managed to knock off our fake Republican last year, so I am interested in helping other districts go conservative. I personally knew David Covey, so he was an easy one to support. I am not sure how to help other districts, besides money, to elect conservatives.