Ep.173 - Define The Problem First!

Jason shares his 12 Days of Christmas family plan (reflection, vision, goals, habits) before diving into total participation as the new construction industry buzzword. Then he reveals why most leaders rush to solutions without defining the problem first. Through a personal church story, he admits he pushed missionary work programs for months when the real problem was basic connection and scripture reading. Like cancer cells the body doesn't recognize or leprosy destroying nerve endings, if you don't know the problem, you can't fix it. The WRAP process helps: Widen options, Reality test assumptions, Attain distance, Prepare to be wrong.

What you'll learn in this episode:

• Total participation: Days of leaders deciding for everyone and shoving it down throats are over
• Church story failure: Pushed missionary work programs when real problem was basic connection, joy, scripture reading
• Cancer analogy: Body doesn't recognize cancer cells as enemy, can't attack what it doesn't detect
• Leprosy analogy: Destroys nerve endings so body doesn't know there's damage to repair
• Ask introverts: They take 24 hours but give well thought out opinions, help define problem first
• WRAP process from Decisive book: Widen options, Reality test, Attain distance before deciding, Prepare to be wrong

The current condition is we go straight to solutions without really knowing the problem, especially extroverts who access front part of brain for quick opinions.

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