People Facing Seemingly Insurmountable Odds Who Overcame Obstacles You Wouldn' T Believe

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Working on your why - in today' s society we often put a lot of emphasis on how things are done. Apply for a mortgage and you will be asked to demonstrate how you plan to pay it off. Present a plan with lofty goals to the board of directors of any company and surely they will ask you how you suppose those goals will be met.

Give a professor the correct answer to a complex question and you might be asked how you arrived at your conclusion. - as if the why is of less importance. The How is often so predominant that the Why is sometimes completely forgotten. Nothing could be further from the truth. To find out what your Why is start with identifying what it is that you want. Why you want something is infinitely more important than how you think you' re going to achieve it. After all, if you can' t visualize what you want how could you ever hope to realize it?

Ask an adult to write down everything they want on a list with a minimum of 50 items and you will find that for most it turns out to be quite difficult. - this seems easy enough but apparently it' s a bit more challenging than one would think. Stating that you want a certain amount of money, want to quit working or just want a bigger car than your neighbor can cause people to experience discomfort. So they try to come up with something that' s socially acceptable and in doing so make what they want subject to the opinions of others. After all it may make them appear greedy or lazy and that' s not generally considered positive. Kids on the other hand have no problem here.

They don' t worry about what others may think of it, whether it makes them look greedy, lazy or whatever. - they' ll come up with 50 items and more in no time, listing things you didn' t even know exist. All they know is that they want it. Why would you want all those things? After you have identified what it is you want, then you get to the Why. Again, kids have the upper hand here.

Ask an adult why they want something and you' ll enjoy watching the expression on their face. - they' ll be quick to point out why they want it all: mostly the fun they will have and the popularity it will give them. You' ll see them searching for an answer. Why would you want to quit working? Why would you want to be rich? What would you do if you no longer had to go to a job every day?

But what does that do for you? - you may decide you want a bigger house than anyone in your family before you ever had. Would you sleep better? Or is it because you just love cleaning house all day? Would it make your life better? Whatever it is, it' s important that you know. Too much focus on the How early in the process can have a devastating effect.

How exactly you plan to achieve your goal is far less important, especially in such an early stage. - it could paralyze you. You might sell yourself on the idea that it' s so far out of reach that you couldn' t possibly make it happen in this lifetime. If your financial situation is so bad that you are actually below broke, achieving financial independence can seem so far fetched that reaching it appears impossible. As much as that may seem true at the time, it doesn' t have to become your reality. And for that to happen you need a reason to get up and take the necessary action. However in order to get there you will probably have to overcome some serious hurdles.

That reason needs to be strong enough to pull you through the tough times that inevitably will come. - history is packed with unbelievable stories of accomplishment. That reason is you Why. People facing seemingly insurmountable odds who overcame obstacles you wouldn' t believe. Why is it that so many people throw in the towel when things don' t go their way and only a small number of people seem to persevere? Individuals with relentless determination who decided to push on in situations where most people would give up.

It' s not because they' re genetically stronger and it' s not because they' ve been dealt a better hand in life. - that' s what keeps them in the game. What sets them apart is their Why. Their Why is so strong that whatever comes in their way they will find a way to deal with it. Working on your Why is one of the best ways to improve the chance of reaching your goals. They don' t have all the answers, but what they do have is an inner conviction that they can and will find them. So make sure that you know what your Why is.

Make it so strong that achieving it becomes an absolute must for you and the How will magically reveal itself to you over time. - find it and refine it over and over again.