Utkarsh Narang argues that identifying your why behind a goal makes obstacles feel solvable. Josh agrees it matters but isn't always enough, and suggests asking why that's important to you to dig deeper into what's really driving you.
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the pop psychology kind of a term, right? Find your why and then the rest follows. So it's almost that we're trying to get the, get the coachee or the user or me in this case to that state where I understand what my why is behind that weight loss. And if that why becomes really clear, then the capability problem or the time problem, I'll be able to solve those problems if that desire is really strong. Does that make sense, Josh?
Yes, yes, that you probably will be able to solve those problems. It's, it's often a really important piece of the puzzle. Sometimes it's not. Sometimes people are perfectly in tune with it, with their why, and there's something else in the way. But it's often an important piece of the puzzle, and it's certainly worth exploring. And I think it very much is analogous to that why that you're talking about. And another way of getting there, instead of how is that serving you, is to say, why is that important to you? Hmm.