LeBron James Made the Wrong Decision
Put More Appropriately ….
LeBron James Made His Decision Wrongly
I am making this statement based upon John Wesley’s Three Simple Rules:
1. Do No Harm
2. Do Good
3. Stay in Love with God
John Wesley started the Methodist Church. He was not trying to start a new denomination, just be faithful to Scripture, embrace Tradition, celebrate Reason and treat Salvation as something a person can personally experience which motivates them to change the world. The movement started gaining steam. When there were just a few hundred Methodists, Wesley offered these three simple rules for guiding Christian behavior.
LeBron James’ main rule for guiding behavior: Winning a Championship.
The rules we choose to guide our behaviors guide our choices. LeBron made the wrong choice because he chose the wrong rule to guide his behavior. What if LeBron’s first rule was Wesley’s first rule? What is Lebron’s first rule was to “Do No Harm?” If that was the case, there would have been no way he would have left Cleveland. Ohio has been a tough place to live and Cleveland is not a hot spot for tourism and culture. Economists estimated that LeBron’s departure would result in the city of Cleveland losing $20million in revenue per year. That is a lot of lost jobs, lost revenue. That is a lot of harm. Then you add onto that harm any emotional harm of feeling abandoned or cheated by your hero.
But avoiding harm was not LeBron’s motivation, so it was not the result of his decision. But about us … what motivates our actions? What set of rules do we apply to making our decisions?
My suggestion (and John Wesley’s) is that we begin with the rule “Do No Harm.” If we all began with that rule, our relationships, our workplace, and even Cleveland would be a lot happier.
