options of distraction
Why do we get distracted?
When the team doesn’t know, doesn’t understand, or doesn’t agree with the vision of your organization there will be distraction. Why? Because they are not motivated by the same vision you have. And when someone is testing their own actions against a different set of filters, they make different decisions.
Examples:
If someone is thinking more about fixing someone’s idea of theology than helping hurting people, then they will choose debate rather than use their energy to help them.
If someone cares more about what we eat or drink than helping people without clean water to drink, then that’s where they will spend their energy.
If we debate about what we should wear while children around us are naked, then we will buy new cloths instead of trying to cloth the poor.
When we lead an organization, our vision needs to be more than a statement written on our website. It needs to be what we do, where we go, and what we based our decisions on.
At MapleGrove, we say “We Value unity in our vision & purpose and agree to set aside our differences in order to serve people.” This means we agree not to debate things that distract us from our purpose. We don’t spend time debating about how we (or others) do things.
This doesn’t mean we always agree on everything, we all have our opinions and experiences, and those are going to influence our decisions, but we agree to get over it and get on with our work. We try not to let our differences distract us.