Empowering Your Why

byAlexEvans

11.9K followers

6 years ago

Just had the pleasant experience of meeting a little one going through that " but why phase ". You may know the one, but why are they doing that, because they are doing it to...............but why did they do that and so it goes, a never-ending;

But why.....................................?....... because..............................!

That thirst for knowledge and understanding is something that seems to be hard-wired into kids, as they grow and develop every experience is new and exciting, it can be something that we lose as we grow and become adults and in time settle into living in our comfort zones.

So how do we rekindle the explorer's mind, short answer become a member of Wealthy Affiliate, one sure way to tip you out of your " comfort zone hammock ".

How to empower your why and supercharge your results!

For a lot of folks, it is all about finding your "why" in the first place, in this fast-paced industry it is so easy to lose focus even before you actually find it.

We often think that we have found our "why", well we are here or there doing stuff so we must have found our "why", the reason and meaning to what we are doing, this stage can be superficial and non-sustaining for a long haul. The tendency is to give up walk away when we don't see results or the going gets hard.

"Your why is like your shadow it follows you everywhere, it is just that sometimes we don't see it or get it ".

The simplest way to re-discover or reinvigorate your why, is to transition your reason from your thinking head to your heart, in other words, you have to feel it.

Some folks refer to it as your gut instinct, that inner strength and solid quietness, those still deep waters. Once you can feel your why you are there, like the arrow that hits the bulls eye every time.

The passion zone.

Start by asking your self a simple question;

Why am I doing this or why do I want to do this, the two go hand in hand.

Why am I promoting this or why do I want to promote this program/product/or software.

Your answer first up, will be one of those scratch the surface answers, most probably not the real answer.

• The key is to ask your self the question and ask your self and why else am I doing this?
• Then go a little wider and ask again why else am I doing this?
• Then go wider, as you do the layers will be peeled away and your why will start to emerge.
  

What we are looking for is the real reason, by asking and going wider and being honest with ourselves we can define the real reason.

This process can be described as going wide and going deep.

Into the Deep.

Once you have established your why and you will know that you have because you will feel it, maybe for the first time in a long time but you will just know it because it will feel as though it is part of you.

The next thing is to drill down and go deep,

one of the easiest ways to do that is to start articulating your why, finding the words to describe it will give you the ability to make it actionable. Long story short it will give you;

Focus.

Just like everything in business and life nothing happens in straight lines, at times we need to take detours, climb over obstacles and at times sit and figure out the best course of action. The thing is that if we are that reason firmly held on the inside that process becomes that much easier. A lot of the actions that we need to take and implement are associated with our why, it never sleeps but stays with us at all times. This kind of works for everything.

Let's say social media, for example, I see a lot of folks bagging this or that platform, and just as many folks agreeing. Sometime it is because we haven't found our why as yet. If we have then we can articulate exactly why we are involved or not if that makes sense.

Sometimes one of the best ways to move forward is to step back spend some time reflecting, stopping the bus and jumping off can be a real chance to re-assess what you are doing and to help develop a clearer perspective.

In reassessing and reviewing we can reinforce what we are doing or make newer and in most cases better decisions. Nothing beats that feeling that you are on the right track to achieving the outcomes that are closely related to your why.

The solutions lay in the how, knowing why we are doing something is the big part of it, the actionable part of it is working out the how.

What and how are very good friends.

They cover a multitude of situations, by asking the questions around what and how we can start to develop a really good mindset, around what we are going to do and how are we are going to get things done, keep those two on our radars at all times it can pay real dividends.

I have been really stumped, like really stumped, usually, I can nut things out, sometimes it can take time sometimes it can be just be too deep and too wide, putting it mildly, I found this approach very helpful. Nothing like getting back on track.

Sometimes it can be so beneficial to revisit your why, the thing is that it can change as we move along so don't forget to add some flexibility into your plans dreams and schemes.

Thanks for reading and I hope that you find something of use in this post.

Enjoy the day

Alex