Single vision is another word for failure in some people's business recipe books, just sayin.

I'm using my own definition of "vision" which is simply something like "I wanna sell groceries."

When your co-owners decide they want to sell furniture, marijuana, open a restaurant, a movie theatre, refine uranium...

That's when your grocery store becomes a corporation and everyone begins to beg a King to come in and bring order to the chaos.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel%208&version=GNV

10 ¶ So Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked a king of him.

11 And he said, This shall be the [f]manner of the king that shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them to his chariots, and to be his horsemen, and some shall run before his chariot.

12 Also he will make them his captains over thousands, and captains over fifties, and to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make instruments of war, and the things that serve for his chariots.

13 He will also take your daughters and make them Apothecaries, and Cooks, and Bakers.

14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your best Olive trees, and give them to his servants.

15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give it to his [g]Eunuchs, and to his servants.

16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and the chief of your young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

17 He will take the tenth of your sheep, and ye shall be his servants.

18 And ye shall cry out at that day, because of your king, whom ye have chosen you, and the Lord will not [h]hear you at that day.

19 But the people would not hear the voice of Samuel, but did say, Nay, but there shall be a king over us.

The people's needs were not unfounded -- they wanted clear direction because they were too scared to venture boldly and pursue their own dreams for fear of the failure that often follows.

The nature of man, then, is to want to "belong" to something which they can collaborate and find success and thereby prepare for the time they must set out alone in pursuit of their dreams.

To avoid the backlash of these situations, each organization must maintain a singular vision, but avoid stooping to elect a King which will oppress them to keep them from swaying from the "vision."

Eventually, the King's vision is no longer the vision of the people, and ruin follows.

God should be the only King, but we must still have leaders like Samuel; judges who determine which way the wind blows that we may follow it instead of toil against the tempest, doing battle with the elements.

Can the body exist without the brain? Yes, but it is what we call a vegetable.

Can the brain exist without the body? No, it will wither and die from exposure and so it will seek to immortalize itself with perverse and artificial means.

So what is the solution?

I believe that we must let the brain lead as a judge, taking in senses and distributing their meaning to the body. Should we ever stumble and appoint the brain as superior to the body, then we will succumb to the lures of stimulation -- lust, gluttony, greed, wrath, envy, pride, and sloth.

This will be because the brain, a thing designed to interpret stimulation, will begin to overindulge in stimulation simply because it is wont to do so -- it is what it is supposed to do. Given total authority, the brain will explore stimulation at the cost of letting the body break down.

The brain must serve the body and the body must serve the brain. Any unbalancing of this nature leads either to Kings which leads to Tyrants or Confusion which leads to Stagnancy.

Single vision is another word for failure in some people's business recipe books, just sayin.

I'm using my own definition of "vision" which is simply something like "I wanna sell groceries."

When your co-owners decide they want to sell furniture, marijuana, open a restaurant, a movie theatre, refine uranium...

That's when your grocery store becomes a corporation and everyone begins to beg a King to come in and bring order to the chaos.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel%208&version=GNV

10 ¶ So Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked a king of him.

11 And he said, This shall be the [f]manner of the king that shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them to his chariots, and to be his horsemen, and some shall run before his chariot.

12 Also he will make them his captains over thousands, and captains over fifties, and to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make instruments of war, and the things that serve for his chariots.

13 He will also take your daughters and make them Apothecaries, and Cooks, and Bakers.

14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your best Olive trees, and give them to his servants.

15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give it to his [g]Eunuchs, and to his servants.

16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and the chief of your young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

17 He will take the tenth of your sheep, and ye shall be his servants.

18 And ye shall cry out at that day, because of your king, whom ye have chosen you, and the Lord will not [h]hear you at that day.

19 But the people would not hear the voice of Samuel, but did say, Nay, but there shall be a king over us.

The people's needs were not unfounded -- they wanted clear direction because they were too scared to venture boldly and pursue their own dreams for fear of the failure that often follows.

The nature of man, then, is to want to "belong" to something which they can collaborate and find success and thereby prepare for the time they must set out alone in pursuit of their dreams.

To avoid the backlash of these situations, each organization must maintain a singular vision, but avoid stooping to elect a King which will oppress them to keep them from swaying from the "vision."

Eventually, the King's vision is no longer the vision of the people, and ruin folows.

God should be the only King, but we must still have leaders like Samuel; judges who determine which way the wind blows that we may follow it instead of toil against the tempest, doing battle with the elements.

Can the body exist without the brain? Yes, but it is what we call a vegetable.

Can the brain exist without the body? No, it will wither and die from exposure and so it will seek to immortalize itself with perverse and artificial means.

So what is the solution?

I believe that we must let the brain lead as a judge, taking in senses and distributing their meaning to the body. Should we ever stumble and appoint the brain as superior to the body, then we will succumb to the lures of stimulation -- lust, gluttony, greed, wrath, envy, pride, and sloth.

This will be because the brain, a thing designed to interpret stimulation, will being to overindulge in stimulation simply because it is wont to do so -- it is what it is supposed to do. Given total authority, the brain will explore stimulation at the cost of letting the body break down.

The brain must serve the body and the body must serve the brain. Any unbalancing of this nature leads either to Kings which leads to Tyrants or Confusion which leads to Stagnancy.