The impact of a missing WHY
Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.
Hey guys!
Today, I want to share with you an experience which I have made today.
It was the first day of my work as an online marketer that I wasn’t really motivated. I could hardly start doing anything for my business. I just was too “lazy”.
But why was that? I was wondering about that question until the afternoon, and then I found my answer:
I came to a point at which I asked myself: “Why should I do that stuff? Why not wait and to it tomorrow, it will be ok, you will not miss anything by that one day!”
However, I could not really answer that question honestly in the situation and mood I was in today. I could not find a reason which would beat “laziness” and set up “work” instead.
And then, with the speed of light, I became clear about what my obstacle was and how I could overcome it:
I was missing my BIG WHY!
As you know, we always need to know why we do something. We don’t do anything without purpose. We want to gain happyness, we want to gain attention from our environment, we want wo gain a better lifestyle or we want to make the world better – or at least a part of it!
My WHY was not strong enough today. I have a WHY and I’ve written it down, but it seems that I have not cultivated it enough, because today, it seemed to me like it was not big enough to motivate me and to “pull me out of my couch”.
Now, I make some exercises for myself to develop a strong WHY and fill it with intention and purpose and with significance so that it will raise me up whenever I think about it. I will strengthen it until I’m tired in the morning, but although get up, because I want to work on my goal!
As soon as I have reached this point, there will be nothing between me and my success. The only thing which makes the difference between success and disappointment is persistence.
If your WHY is strong enough to lift you up and make you want to wake up early so that you don’t miss one only second to walk towards your big goal, you don’t need to struggle anymore with laziness or lack of motivation.
At that point, you are not working anymore, you are building your dream. And this does not request real effort, but instead fills your whole activity with joy, ease, power and magic.
If you find yourself on that same point one day which I’ve met today, remember to work on your WHY. Once your big reason is set up and cultivated, everything else will come automatically.
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