It is Important to Answer What is Your Why in Life?

Monday’s Tip For the Week:  Don’t just hurl yourself through life with no real motivation.  Find your why and let it take you to new heights.

What is meant when someone asks you “What is your why in life?”  They are asking you to tell them what your motivation is.  What your purpose is.  What your cause is.  What is the belief that inspires you to do what you do?

It is important to be able to answer the question “what is your why in life” because we live in a world of constant distractions.  There are unlimited attention grabbers that float around us every day and the one that screams the loudest often wins.  One way to stay focused and improve your life is to figure out what your ‘why’ is.

Stop and ask yourself why you do things.  In a world that demands that you focus on what you have to do ask yourself are you really doing what you have to do?  One way to answer this question is to ask yourself why you do what you do.

Answer “What is Your Why in Life” by Figuring Out Your Purpose

Ask yourself what is your purpose.  Don’t make this a huge esoteric question.  It is something that can change at any time.  Make a list of the things that are the most important to you in your life.

Write down the things that you really love doing.  It could be spending time with friends or family, your job, a hobby, etc.  The answers will vary with the reader.

What matters is what is important to you.

Answer “What is Your Why in Life” by Clarifying your Priorities

Once you have made a list of things that you really love doing, narrow down that list by checking off what is really important to you.  This can be done by asking yourself why something is important to you, why you participate in that activity and what is it about it that you love.  Take note of how much time you spend on each activity.  Make note of the activities that you feel you don’t get to spend enough time doing.

Answer “What is Your Why in Life” by Seeking Out What’s Really Important

Once you have narrowed down the list of things that you love doing make a list of what you actually do.  Don’t be surprised to find out that there are only a few of the things that you love to do on the list of things that you actually do. 

You may find that you fill your life up with things that you really don’t enjoy doing.  Ask yourself how you can spend less time doing the unimportant things and more time doing the things that you love.

Answer “What is Your Why in Life” by always asking Why

Whenever a new opportunity to do something presents itself, ask yourself why.  Is it really important to join that new steering committee or would your time be better spent elsewhere.  Does it matter if you miss your work out time during lunch to work overtime or is your work out more important to you?  Answers to these sorts of questions will vary with each reader.

Conclusion

Step away from what others expect of you and start asking yourself what is important to you.  Once you do this you will begin to be able to improve your life in ways that are important to you.

(This article was written via ‘How to ImproveYour Life by Discovering Your Why,’ by Craig Dewe)