Tap into your why. Think about your purpose. Your why is the lifeblood of intentional living. Everything becomes more meaningful. Why is your purpose, Way is your path. The why before the way your ability to make a difference comes more quickly. Do
Make small steps
Knowing your why helps you know what to do and how to follow through.
- Allows you to focus more on others and less on yourself.
- gives you a confidence that is attractive to others. Gives you security and sense of purpose.
- The more you live your why, the more you layer it. Strengths and purpose are connected. Your why is fuel for your strengths, and your strengths are the way to fulfill your why.
- The more you layer your why, the more impact is has on others. Significance from knowing your why is like a snowball rolling down hill, it compounds. Your impact will keep increasing over time.
- Keeps you in the game longer. Could it be that people retire and lose their purpose, their why, their reason to live.
Don’t stay stuck until you figure out your why. Sometimes your why will become clear as you move forward.
Questions to help find your why:
- What do you cry about, what breaks your heart?
- What do you sing about, make you happy, jump for joy, feeds your soul?
- What do you dream about? What if……? Don’t be long on dreams and short on action.
Simon Sinek:
Golden Circle Why…How….What - backwards from typical What…How…Why
Why: What is your purpose, your call, your belief…why do you exist?
“People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it.”
Personal Story: Men at church coming together to be there for me as a young teenager who just lost his father. What do I remember, what do others remember about my dad who I lost 46 years ago. Not his status, money, cars, or other worldly things. I remember him as one who loved and cared for his family, one who cared for his church and community and served both well. People loved him because of his relationships, that’s it. How will people remember you?
- What do you cry about, what breaks your heart?
- What do you sing about, make you happy, jump for joy, feeds your soul?
- What do you dream about?
Action Item: Answer the 3 questions. Use the writing process to discover your answers and go with it. It can be a messy process and there is no right or wrong. Just write away.