Discovering Your Why

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Discovering Your Why I Have The Power

As a kid I used to love watching He Man (I'm so dating myself here!) It was so awesome seeing him powering up before he went after the bad guys. And while you might not be going after the bad guys, if you are going to overcome all the challenges, disappointments and setbacks that are inevitable when you go after your goals, you need to power up to.

In episode 4 we looked at the power that having a Why will bring to our goals. So now we need to go one step further and look at how you can discover your Why.

The Meta Questions

Before we look at the Why of your current goals I believe that we must first step back and get clear on life's 2 meta questions:

1. Who do I want to become?
2. What do I want to accomplish?

The best way that I know of discovering the answers to these 2 questions is to go on an imaginary voyage.

The Funeral

Before we head on our voyage I want to share with you a quote from the famed martial artist and philosopher, Bruce Lee:

Feel, don't think.

The depth of impact of our voyage will be determined by how deeply you feel this exercise.

I want you to vividly and emotionally experience your own funeral. Picture who is there. Picture their emotional states and what they are saying about you. Really go deep.

This exercise will help you uncover what is truly important in life!

Current Goals

Here are some questions that you can ask of your current goals to dig out the Why behind them:

• Do my current goals help me to become the person I want to be and do they help me accomplish what is most important?
• What is the consequence or the result be if I did not accomplish this goal?

When Re-Writing or Setting New Goals

If you're re-writing your current goals or are setting new ones I highly encourage you to add these 2 words to your goal: '...so that...'

This will help you to connect your goal to the purpose, the Why, behind the goal. This is where you get to strap on a rocket to your goals!

Well, there you have it. You are now equiped to uncover the Why behind your goals... and now it's time for you to go and get after it!

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In The Next Episode:

In the next episode we’ll look at how we can often times be our own worst enemy. Episode 6 is called Writing SMARTER Goals

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