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  • As a LEADER are you DRIVEN by a SENSE of PURPOSE?This is WHY you should..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from his book Together is Better

    Our human brain is oriented to feel comfortable given a sense of purpose and direction.

    Truly great leaders know this scientific fact and hence to lead a “trusting team” they show their team a sense of purpose.

    Once our brain understands about a specific purpose and direction , it is creative enough to devise innovative means to reach the destination overcoming obstacles that can come in the way.

    The sense of purpose and direction provided separates great leaders from the ordinary “placeholder” leaders.

  • Fulfillment comes when we have a sense of purpose

    Adopted from the following great quote of Simon Sinek from the book Together is Better.

    “Most of us live our lives by accident – we live as it happens.

    Fulfillment comes when we live our lives on PURPOSE.”

  • Motivating ourselves to lead our lives on purpose

    What good is having a belly if there is no fire in it?

    Wake up, drink your passion, light a match and get to work!

    Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book titled “Together is Better”

  • Reason our “WHY” should be for service to others

    The concept of WHY was introduced by Simon Sinek in his iconic book titled “Start With Why”.

    A WHY is another name for finding a deep filled purpose in our lives.This has to be in sync with our own personality traits as well.

    When we run after short term benefits , hit a goal , get a promotion we do find moments of happiness which is short lived.This is like a “dopamine hit” which is bound to die after some time.

    Hence our sense of purpose has to be long term.When we delve deep and find our purpose or WHY , more often it is part of a futuristic vision which is bigger than ourselves.

    When we work towards attainment of the WHY , we sense the flow of “oxytocin” or the fulfillment chemical that enriches us.

    Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book titled “Start With Why” and “Find Your Why”

  • Why our brain wants us to “chase our passion”?

    Our human brain is naturally oriented to feel happy and charged up when we feel a sense of purpose in what we do.

    When we do something we are passionate about , we love the job that we do.On the other hand when we are forced to do something just for the sake of a living we feel stressed out.

    The following quote from Simon Sinek , adopted from the book titled “Find Your Why” aptly captures the difference between “Stress” and “Passion”:

    “Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress.Working hard for something we love is called passion.” – Simon Sinek

  • What is a “Why Statement”?

    Knowing our individual WHY is key to finding meaning and purpose in our lives.

    Simon Sinek , who has introduced the concept of “WHY” has provided a format of this WHY statement.After lot of soul searching and choosing the right partners , WHY discovery is possible.

    The WHY statement comprises of the “contribution” to create the desired “impact” in our lives.It must be said this gels with our brain’s natural inclination to find a meaning or sense of purpose.

    The structure of the WHY statement is:

    To __CONTRIBUTION______________________________________________ so that _IMPACT_____________________________________

    Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book titled “Find Your Why”

  • Relationship between “fulfillment” & sense of purpose

    The human brain is naturally oriented to respond positively when shown a “sense of purpose”.

    Agree it or not this is how our brain is known to respond right from the caveman times.

    Needless to say , fulfillment happens when our brain senses a true purpose.This is when the chemical named “oxytocin” flows and provides true fulfillment.

    Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book titled “Together is Better”