Transcript excerpt of Simon Sinek explaining the personal impact of discovering his 'why' (purpose). He describes 'why' as a compass that gives direction, focus, meaning, and confidence, and as a decision-making filter that distinguishes purposeful actions from random adventures.
What is the impact of finding your why? So I can tell you what I went through, which is what set me on the journey to sharing the message of the why and helping people find theirs. A why is like a. Is like a. It's like a compass direction. It tells you where you're going. We can live our lives by accident, which is kind of like getting in a ship and just sailing or getting in a car and just driving. You'll absolutely see some amazing things, you'll stumble and upon some amazing experiences, but you don't really have a sense of where you're going, any sort of direction. In other words, what's it all for? What the why does is it provides a path, it provides a map or a compass. So you will still have some of those amazing experiences, but now they have value and worth and they're taking you towards something else. It's a journey towards something. When I learned my why, I had this tremendous calm come over me. A sense of my confidence grew, a sense that my life had more meaning than I thought it had before. And I had now the choice, a new way of viewing decisions, a filter through which to make decisions which now I would ask myself, does this help advance my why or not? Does this help me stay on the path that I'm supposed to be on? Or is this going to be a random adventure? So the why provides focus, direction, meaning and confidence.
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