Stephen Covey on Synergy

“The Third Alternative isn’t my way, it isn’t your way – it’s our way. It’s not a compromise halfway between your way and my way; it’s better than a compromise. A third alternative is what the Buddhists call the middle way – a higher middle position that is better than either of the other two ways, like the tip of a triangle. The Third Alternative is a better alternative than any that have been proposed. It is a product of sheer creative effort. It emerges from the overlapping vulnerabilities of two or more people – from their openness, their willingness to really listen, their desire to search. You simply don’t know where it’s going to end up. All you know is that it’s going to end up better than where it is now. The Third Alternative usually starts with oneself. But it often takes the force of circumstances like some person opposing you before it really begins to take place within you.” – Stephen Covey