{"id":470,"date":"2013-05-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/ruigabriel\/2-the-why\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T22:36:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T22:36:18","slug":"2-the-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/ruigabriel\/2-the-why\/","title":{"rendered":"2 \u2013 The Why?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first thing you need to define very well is your WHY.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why do you want to help others? Because you intend to get money, appreciation and recognition? What is your reason?<\/span><\/p>\n

Mine is very clear: I want to live life to the fullest and make a positive impact in the world. Leave a legacy. Everything we think, say and do is tuned to that frequency, including the writing of this guide.<\/em><\/p>\n

What is your reason?<\/h3>\n

Having power over others? Influence? Make Money? Helping people? Enjoy yourself? Learn something new? Facing a challenge? Improve your life? Make a positive impact in the world? Buy certain product? To travel? Acquire freedom? What is?<\/em><\/p>\n

May be one or some of the things I described above, but also may not be.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re the one who knows.<\/h2>\n

However, you HAVE to know.<\/h2>\n

Write your Why in your Notepad.<\/p>\n

I know it is not easy, to suddenly know a why. Many people spend their entire lives without knowing it, but you have to know yours.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why insist so much on this question of Why? Because one day you will think about giving up and go back to mediocrity. One day will it seem like a very appealing life one without challenges, without large losses or large victories in the routine. One day it will look more attractive to you to jump the train than to continue to pursue your dream. You\u2019ll say things like \u201cnot worth it\u201d and \u201cyou\u2019re wasting your time,\u201d and, worst of all you\u2019ll believe it.<\/em><\/p>\n

This day comes for everyone. Incidentally, this day comes for all \u2026 Repeatedly.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unfortunately there is no vaccine to immunize once and for all.<\/h4>\n

And when that day comes, you\u2019ll be weakened for some reason, real or imagined, and you\u2019ll give heed to yourself.<\/p>\n

If you do not have your Why clear in your mind and, more importantly, on paper (!), The probability of surviving is greatly reduced.<\/h2>\n

Have no illusions, if you do not find a big reason, greater than you, whereby worth fighting to the blood, you\u2019ll will never be great.<\/h4>\n

Find this reason.<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s like I\u2019m listening to you right now: \u201cmy motive is to get rich.\u201d Very well. Except that there is a small problem with that. The money does not like that to be chased after. It\u2019s like a dog. If you run after him, he flees. In contrast, if it seems like you are running away it will chase you.<\/p>\n

So money is never a reason. It is a result.<\/h3>\n

Keep thinking. I\u2019ll give you a hand.<\/p>\n

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HOW TO FIND MY WHY?<\/span><\/h2>\n

If you haven\u2019t yet discovered it, do not worry too much. It is a mission impossible.<\/p>\n

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\u201dSo if it\u2019s a mission impossible, what was that conversation about\u201d finding my why? \u201c<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Let me explain: It is an impossible task because it has a conclusion. It is a process. As will evolve, your motivations evolve with you. You\u2019ll discover your purpose, your \u201ccalling\u201d if you want to call it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is a discovery.<\/h3>\n

However, like all discoveries, this does not happen accidentally: you have to work at it by making choices, plans, strategies and actions.<\/p>\n

Let us return to the example of money. Because it\u2019s popular as a topic it may be something that interests you a bit.<\/p>\n

You may think that your reason is \u201ca lot of money\u201d or \u201cget rich\u201d but you are mistaken.<\/h2>\n

Like I said, this is never a reason. Think a bit:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0– Why do you want get rich?<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI drove a van that too old. Had little money for fuel and it was almost always running on fumes.<\/em><\/p>\n

One day, the van stopped on a slope. Halfway. I thought it was for lack of diesel, called the four flashers while behind me began to apear a line with 3 or 4 cars.<\/em><\/p>\n

Some started beeping, so let droop behind the vehicle to pull to the curb as possible and pass others.<\/em><\/p>\n

As he passed by, speeding, an individual whistled and yelled at me \u201cGet that old scrap off the road!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

I was looking at the back of that car, Brand new, willing to give a couple of punches to the owner. \u201c<\/em><\/p>\n

I have many stories of scarcity in my life. My daughter in need of medical care that I could not provide, another wanting to study at a particular school to which I couln\u2019t afford the tuition, overdue bills for electricity, telephone or water, in need of food in the house and not being able to buy.<\/p>\n

I know what it\u2019s like going through all these things.<\/h4>\n

So I thought that wanting to have that much money would be a good reason, a great Why.<\/p>\n

But the nature of money is this: the more you chase it, the more it moves away.<\/h2>\n

I did not know and I lost much chasing it, obviously without success. However, seeing things clearly, what I wanted was not the money but the things it could give me, one of the most important freedom.<\/em><\/p>\n

Freedom to buy the necessities for those who need them, to have time to devote to teaching others to free themselves and the freedom to say yes to everything that is really important, without thinking about the price.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So my Why, is no longer to \u201cmake big money\u201d it became \u201chelp the greatest number of people\u201d, \u201cmake a positive impact in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Why is a life purpose.<\/h2>\n

I can not think of a better purpose\u00a0 than this:<\/p>\n

– Live to the fullest and make a difference in the lives of those around you.<\/h3>\n

Your purpose is the only thing which is worth giving your life to.<\/h2>\n

Once you have discovered it you will never bear neither routine nor drowsiness or submission to anything or anyone.<\/p>\n

I discovered this after having heard Jim Rohn say: \u201cIf you do not have the life of your dreams is because you don\u2019t serve enough number of people.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

It took hearing this a trillion times, many of them directly from his mouth, but eventually it got into my hard head.<\/p>\n

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THE METHOD<\/p>\n

I HOPE YOU LIKE LISTS<\/p>\n