- FACT: As each bird flaps its wings, it creates an "uplift" for the bird
following. By flying in a "V" formation, the whole flock adds 71% greater flying
range than if each bird flew alone.
- LESSON: People who share a common direction and sense of community can get where they
are going quicker and easier because they are traveling on the thrust of one another.
- FACT: Whenever a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance
of trying to fly alone. It quickly gets back into formation to take advantage of the
"lifting power" of the bird immediately in front.
- LESSON: If we have as much sense as a goose, we will stay in formation with those who
are headed where we want to go.
- FACT: When the lead goose gets tired, it rotates back into the formation and another
goose flies at the point position.
- LESSON: It pays to take turns doing the hard tasks and sharing leadership--people, as
with geese, are interdependent with each other.
- FACT: The geese in formation honk from behind to encourage those up front to keep up
their speed.
- LESSON: We need to make sure our "honking" from behind is encouraging, not
something less helpful.
- FACT: When a goose gets sick or wounded or shot down, two geese drop out of formation to
follow him [her] down to help and protect him [her]. They stay with him [her] until [s]he
is either able to fly again or dies. Then they launch out on their own with another
formation or catch up with their flock.
- LESSON: If we have as much sense as the geese, we will stand by each other.
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