Collaboration is not really defined as a willingness to give, or is it? Here is the definition of collaboration that I asked Bing Chat to generate…..
Collaboration is the act or process of working together or cooperating with others to achieve a common goal or create something new.
Bing Chat
John Kemp with Advancing Eco Agriculture was interviewing a farmer, Austin Allred on his podcast and at the end John asked Austin what he believed most limits farmers from being able to take the next steps forward. Almost instantly Austin said, “COLLABORATION.” The conversation then talked about collaboration really being a way to share with each other, give to each other, to better both.
This comes at a time when I am rereading, “Give and Take – Why Helping Others Drives Our Success” written by Adam Grant years ago but selling millions of copies and being translated into 30 languages. Dr. Grant makes a point to tell many stories of people who are extremely successful while spending lots of time giving away both talent and treasure.
Why am I writing this blog post at this time? First it is Thanksgiving, and I am very thankful for my family, my friends, my coworkers, my colleagues and the many farmers who let me have the privilege of working with them. I am blessed by my God and the huge number of people I interact with on a daily basis. Second, it is the time of year when you think about the past many months and plan for the next many months! This means I am thinking about organic agriculture and the many organic farm families in Texas. I want to see us all do more collaboration to make us all better together. And I want to do more to “give” myself away in this collaboration so that we will all together be able to “cooperate with others to achieve a common goal or create something new.”
I pray you will have a very Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy all you have with all those who love you very much.
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