A few weeks ago I met with my student leadership team. These kids have been walking with me through my 3 Question journey since August of 2016. The 3 Questions shape so much of what we do.
So I was somewhat surprised when I asked them to tell me the 3 Questions, and they struggled to answer.
Then, I had an epiphany: I’ve been blogging about the 3 Questions for the past 10 months, they haven’t.
In other words, the 3 Questions have become part of my everyday processing, but that doesn’t mean they had the same experience. They weren’t sitting down at a computer multiple times each week trying to write a blog related to the 3 Questions.
What’s the leadership lesson? Just because something is inherently important to you, does not guarantee it is inherently important to someone else. You have to keep vision out front.
You know what they say about assume? When we assume, we eventually have to exhume.
Well, nobody says that, but maybe they should. When we assume everyone else focuses on vision the way we do, we will soon find that vision being buried and forgotten.
So, what’s your next step? Ask yourself what you have been assuming everyone knows, but in reality needs to be brought back in front. You will feel like a broken record, but important things are worth repeating.
Don’t think of it as being a broken record; think of it as being a hit single set on repeat.