Short spoken segment from a YouTube video by T. Harv Eker arguing that motivation requires a strong "why" — a meaningful purpose or reason (for oneself or others). Eker uses a brief personal anecdote about being broke and struggling to illustrate how a powerful why fuels passion, energy, and the drive to help others. The segment ends by asking listeners to identify their own why.
People who don't have motivation in an area don't have energy towards that area. They don't have a passion for it. They don't have a purpose for it. The biggest thing that gives you passion and purpose is your why. Why are you doing what you're doing? If you don't have a big enough why, something that excites you, something that motivates you, then why would you have motivation? You've got to have a bigger why. That why can be from for yourself or for others as a purpose. Like, I want to help people succeed because I went through such struggle myself. This is very, very important to me. I know what it feels like to be broke. I know what it feels like to be not nearly as successful as you like to be. I hated it. It was the worst time of my life. And that's why this is so important to me that I help other people succeed because I know what that felt like. So what's your motivation? What's your why? If you don't got a why, you don't have any motivation. It.
