![[murray-minute.png]] **One of the benefits of being a State Chair is that we get to see what other states are doing. This particular article struck me as very relevant to us here in Delaware. So thank you Kansas GOP for sharing…** "One of the things that sticks in my mind from the many management books I’ve read over the years is the concept of synergy. The best illustration of the concept came from a fabulous book called EntreLeadership by Dave Ramsey. If you haven’t read it and you are interested in business or well-performing teams in any arena of life, I highly recommend it. The concept that really hit home is that you can have teams… and then you can have TEAMS! I know many of us that work with teams are probably familiar with the concept of Form, Storm, Norm, and Perform. Teams are formed – and the next step is the storm. Team members have to figure out their place and their role, so there is some storming. Once that settles, the team can norm – normalize – and begin taking care of business. If they work hard and work together, they will eventually reach the performing stage where the team is functioning as a super team. Part of that is learning not just to coordinate with one another, but to be synergistic. To illustrate synergy, Ramsey used the example of the Belgian Draft Horse, a superman of strength among horses. Belgian horses are so strong that a single horse can pull 8,000 pounds. Yep, four tons. Amazingly, if you put two Belgians together, they don’t just pull 16,000 pounds – they can pull 24,000 pounds. The team is stronger than the sum of its parts. And, even more amazingly, if you put together a team that has been raised and trained together from an early age, horses who think alike, they will be able to pull 32,000 pounds – 16,000 pounds each. That is the power of synergy. We need synergy to save our country, to keep our state red, to protect liberty, and to be the America our forefathers imagined and created." - Cheryl Reynolds KSGOP Vice Chair **The Delaware GOP is a team. We have formed through the election process in April, but we are struggling to get past the storm to the form. If we allow ourselves to do that, synergy will allow us to accomplish tremendous things. If we don’t, none of us are living up to our potential or our duty to serve the members of the Delaware GOP.** **We need to focus on what we agree on. What we can do together. As Ronald Reagan reminded us, our 80% friend is not our 20% enemy.** ![[murray-signature.png]] Chair of the Delaware Republican Party ![[town-hall.png]] [Register](https://www.wgmd.com/de-gop-town-halls/) ![[gop-logo.png]]