# Mission
Mission is a [[Purpose|purpose]] served through [[Action|action]].
## Meaning
Mission connects meaning to [[Direction|direction]].
A mission is not only an idea.
It is a [[Purpose|purpose]] that asks to be lived, built, practiced, communicated, measured, or served.
A mission should be tested through aligned action, lived tests, and the dimensions of [[Well-being|well-being]].
Mission language can be reviewed through a mission review check.
For Joe and The Brotherhood, mission should clarify what [[Purpose|purpose]] is being served without reducing a person, team, or community to public work, productivity, or output.
The current proposed specific mission language should stay internal until Joe approves it.
## Source Of Meaning
This note is grounded in [[Purpose]], [[Action]], source distillation, aligned action, and Joe's recurring desire for meaning to become useful action in service of well-being.
## Relationship Over Time
This note should mature as Joe tests whether mission language creates clarity, pressure, [[Alignment|alignment]], service, [[Direction|direction]], or distortion.
## Links
- [[Direction]]
- [[Purpose]]
- [[Well-being]]
- [[Language Alignment]]
- [[Shared Meaning]]
- [[Action]]
- [[Source Of Meaning]]
## Tensions
A mission can focus a life, but it can also become too narrow, performative, or heavy. Mission language should support well-being rather than replace it.
## Question
What [[Purpose|purpose]] is being served through action?