For organizations to succeed, they must possess more than the simple idea of "being on the same page." Its people must be aligned with the organization's vision.

Take sports for example. In training camp, most teams get on the same page. If they're not, it's chaotic and the team will most likely be losers. It won't be pretty.

But how about when adversity strikes early in the season? A tough loss, for instance. Or an injury to a key player. For most organizations, this is when things start to crumble.

If the organization has proper alignment, however, its people—players, coaches, staff, etc.—will rely on its core principles and recommit to them.

What kind of vision drives the organization?

What is the mission and purpose of the organization?

Sooner or later, there will some hard conversations between people, but when everyone has sight of the mission at hand, alignment endures.

Being on the same page, on the other hand, is typically a fleeting experience.

Take Ronald Reagan, former president and erstwhile Democrat. Or Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., also a former Democrat. Both men said:

"I didn't leave the Democratic party, the Democratic party left me."

Not aligned. Mismatched vision.

Alignment is one of the pillars of a strong culture.

We can stipulate that Americans are all roughly on the same page with "democracy." Most polls would likely show agreement.

However, as Pat Buchanan wrote in State of Emergency (2007) , "Democracy is not enough. If the culture dies, the country dies."

It's a grim prospect, but, taken at large, the current culture is indeed an unserious one.

During the coronamania of 2020–2021, those of us who thought we were aligned with the right people—family, friends, employers, neighbors, etc.—found out the hard way that we were often out in the wilderness instead.

Dissimilar values. An incongruent vision for life. Abjectly foreign purpose for being.

So, there was a ton of misalignment within culture and our communities. Some families never even got on the same page with any of it.

This was not or is not a recipe for success, let alone harmony.

Yet even before "covid" was invented, Buchanan analyzed America's perilous future.

"It needs to be said again: If we do not solve our civilizational crisis—a disintegrating culture, dying populations, and invasions unresisted—the children born in 2006 will witness in their lifetimes the death of the West. In our hearts we know what must be done. We must stop the invasion. But do our leaders have the vision and will to do it?"

Are today's 19-year-olds on board? Will they, like the chief member of the cohort—Barron Trump—coalesce around The Donald's new vision?

On the latest episode of Natural Order Podcast, we talk about Trump's vision and will. Both are certainly better than anything we've had since the aforementioned Reagan.

Trump's new vision is also way better than his first term.

Listen to what Adam Haman and I have to say in The Rise of The Donald:

Let's get aligned.

As always,

Brian