Do you have it? Or one? A friend recently challenged me with the question: What do you want out of life? I don't know. "That's not an answer," he said. I know.
Another friend asked me to think about my 85th birthday. Who will be there? Why will they be there? More importantly he asked: Who won't be there?
Anyway, so you have vision or you don't. You don't have to have vision to have a vision. The organization has a vision or it doesn't. The organization doesn't have to have vision or a vision for you to have a vision. Your ministry area has a vision or it doesn't. If it doesn't, though, it's your fault. Is it in your head? Does you ministry team leader know what it is?
In the Energy Bus, Jon Gordon says rule one of your energy bus is that you are the driver.
As driver, you are supposed to know where the bus is going.
What's cool about his advice is: in order to determine this vision, you don't just grab a white board and a cup of coffee and come up with the vision with/for your ministry team.
You identify and articulate your vision for yourself. You identify and articulate your vision for your significant relationship(s)/family. You identify and articulate your vision for your ministry team.
Ready to get started?
1 comment:
Interesting how everything comes back to vision and goals! The other trick is to select those who share your vision and reject those who don't. Jim Collins talks about having the right people in the right seats while Jon Gordon uses the catchy "no energy vampires" rule to make the same point.
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