Book Byte #174 "Find Your Why" By Simon Sinek
A Practical Guide for Discovering Purpose for You and Your Team
📣 Curious Quotes from the Author
“Happiness comes from what we do. Fulfillment comes from why we do it.”
“Because how we feel about something or someone is more powerful than what we think about it or them.”
“Leading with WHY has a deeper, more emotional and ultimately more influential value.”
“The goal is not simply for you to cross the finish line, but to see how many people you can inspire to run with you.”
“The greatest contribution of a leader is to make other leaders.”
“There’s just one problem with feelings. They can be tremendously difficult to express in words. That’s the reason we so often resort to metaphors and analogies,”
“If we want to feel an undying passion for our work, if we want to feel we are contributing to something bigger than ourselves, we all need to know our WHY.”
“The opportunity is not to discover the perfect company for ourselves. The opportunity is to build the perfect company for each other.”
“There are two ways to build a career or a business. We can go through life hunting and pecking, looking for opportunities or customers, hoping that something connects. Or we can go through life with intention, knowing what our piece looks like, knowing our WHY, and going straight to the places we fit.”\
“Fulfillment is a right and not a privilege. Every single one of us is entitled to feel fulfilled by the work we do, to wake up feeling inspired to go to work, to feel safe when we’re there and to return home with a sense that we contributed to something larger than ourselves. Fulfillment is not a lottery. It is not a feeling reserved for a lucky few who get to say, “I love what I do.” For those who hold a leadership position, creating an environment in which the people in your charge feel like they are a part of something bigger than themselves is your responsibility as a leader.”
“the combination of your WHY and HOWs is as exclusively yours as your fingerprint.”
“Before we can stand out, we must first get clear on what we stand for.”
📚 Cognition of the Book’s Big Idea
For people, companies, and teams, not knowing your life's mission or your WHY may be a frustrating and perplexing experience. There are methods to examine yourself, discover your WHY, and start leading a driven, enthusiastic, and fruitful life. You may start living a fulfilling life in both your personal and professional spheres once you completely understand your WHY.
Examine your most influential experiences to determine your WHY.
Our narratives play a significant role in the WHY investigation. It's crucial to share both positive and negative events with someone who can assist you in identifying significant personal themes when you tell your story. They don't have to be from your youth or adulthood to have had a significant influence on who you are today.
🤝Collaborative Insight for Techies
Finding your Why could be a lifelong process. But for understanding your direction, that shouldn’t take as long. If you can understand a key event in your life, and understand your reaction to it, that’s one of the biggest indicators that you have found your why. A lot of the time, the people you are meant to help with your why is you, people like you who are in the same situation you recovered from.
By living the journey they are about to undertake, you will have not only the knowledge to help them get through it, but also the experience.
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