If you paid attention in your middle-school classes, then you must be well aware of the fact that most of the birds fly in “V”- Shape formation, because this somehow makes it easier for them to fly.
However, I was amazed to learn that not only they fly in this fashion but in their long journey they also honk from behind to encourage those up front to keep up their speed.
Beautiful isn’t it?
Beautiful isn’t it?
Do you know what we do when someone gets ahead of us?
We criticize.
This amazed me so much that I went ahead to study all I could about geese.
Surprise awaited me as I learnt that when a goose gets sick and is
unable to keep up, two other geese follow it down to lend help and
protection. They stay with the fallen goose until it is able to fly or
until it dies. And only then do they fly again to join the group.
What do we do when we see someone falling behind? We say – “It’s not my problem”.
Seriously, we need to learn a lot from these geese.
But wait, this is not over. Why V-Formation? After all there are 25 more alphabets to choose from?
The answer lies in physics. As a bird flaps its wings, it creates a drag for the bird immediately following it. This way the “V-Formation” saves about 71% energy of each bird had they travelled on their own.
Surprise awaited me as I learnt that when a goose gets sick and is
unable to keep up, two other geese follow it down to lend help and
protection. They stay with the fallen goose until it is able to fly or
until it dies. And only then do they fly again to join the group.
What do we do when we see someone falling behind? We say – “It’s not my problem”.
Seriously, we need to learn a lot from these geese.
But wait, this is not over. Why V-Formation? After all there are 25 more alphabets to choose from?
The answer lies in physics. As a bird flaps its wings, it creates a drag for the bird immediately following it. This way the “V-Formation” saves about 71% energy of each bird had they travelled on their own.
In case you are an engineer and love physics more than philosophy, there is one more explanation – straight from high school physics.
When a goose, falls out of the formation, the drag and the resistance
created by the goose preceding it and the goose following it makes it
difficult to get drift away.
Staying with people who share the same goals as you keeps you in track, even if it’s due to external factors.
Staying with people who share the same goals as you keeps you in track, even if it’s due to external factors.
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