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The Greg McKeown Podcast

75. What's Essential: Simon Sinek on The Power Of Finding Your Why

The Greg McKeown Podcast

Greg McKeown

Self-improvement, Business, Education

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

It’s not only important to identify what’s essential in your life, but you must also know why it matters. Join me as I speak with Simon Sinek, Inspirational Speaker and Global "Best Selling" Author (Leaders Eat Last, Together is Better, Find Your Why and The Infinite Game) , In this episode, Simon shares: The importance of finding your "why" How to find the courage to reinvent yourself How to define yourself by what you believe, not only by what you do Join my weekly newsletter at GregMcKeown.com/1mw  Learn more about my books and courses at GregMcKeown.com They discuss the importance of being clear on what you want, developing the courage to re-invent yourself and creating specific steps to improve your life. What's Essential Podcast Twitter Facebook Greg McKeown Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Scratch Audiohouse Instagram LinkedIn Credits: Hosted by Greg McKeown Produced by Greg McKeown and Scratch Audiohouse Executive Produced by Greg McKeown, Brent Montgomery, and Ed Simpson Co-Produced by Derrial Christon

Transcript

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0:00.0

Come with me on an exploration of self-discovery.

0:11.8

On this podcast we decipher what really matters, as we unravel the chaos of day-to-day work

0:19.8

to learn how to build an essential life.

0:24.3

I've been thinking about your life.

0:28.9

I've been thinking about how easy it is to feel lost in the midst of all the busyness.

0:36.7

How easy it is to feel like we're languishing after a year and a half of all that has been required

0:45.5

of us, of all of the uncertainty and adaptation, and I can think of nothing more important in such moments

0:56.4

than coming back to not just what's essential, but why it matters.

1:04.5

To renew our clarity

1:08.7

in why we think what matters matters so much.

1:15.0

So I've reached out to my friend Simon Sinek and asked him to be on the What's Essential

1:19.2

Podcast today so that we can reflect on not just what matters, but why.

1:25.3

Let's get to it.

1:28.6

I am here today with Simon Sinek. He sort of needs no introduction really.

1:35.4

I sort of imagine that anybody listening to the What Essential Podcast is at least familiar with

1:43.8

Simon's work. I hate to even say it this way, but number two Ted Talk.

1:50.2

It's got to be number one soon, Simon. He's got to be close now.

1:55.0

He's blown up the internet on multiple occasions, but there's a millennials

2:01.7

speech that's just gone bonkers and hundreds of millions of people and really I feel a sort of

2:10.6

kinship between essentialism and the start with why movement. So I'm so looking forward to

2:19.3

this conversation. Simon, welcome to the What's Essential Podcast.

2:23.0

Thanks for having me. What's something essential to you right now that you're under investing in?

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