865 - Some thoughts on finding your why

Tiny Leaps, Big Changes

Gregg Clunis

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.2 • 917 Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

A common trap that I fall into is feeling like my “why” needs to be this huge, selfless thing. Like it needs to be Mother Teresa levels of altruism. Something like:

Wanting to help underprivileged communities
Because you want to fix climate change
To support children because they’re our future

And, maybe it would be nice if those were naturally your reason but if they’re not, you shouldn’t feel bad about it.

Let's get something straight, your "why" doesn't have to be some big, noble cause or anything like that. It can be something that's all about you and what makes you happy. Yeah…it can be selfish. And in many ways, it SHOULD be selfish. Like, if your why is to start a business because you want to be your own boss and make some serious cash, that's totally fine. The fact that it’s authentic to you is going to ultimately be way more motivating than some PR thing you came up with because it “sounds better”.

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0:00.0	I've always been told that I need to spend a ton of time finding my why,
0:04.8	figuring out my reason for working hard, figuring out my reason for doing more,
0:09.5	figuring out my reason for trying to improve myself and trying to be better and trying to live a healthier life.
0:16.4	This is something that you've probably heard as well. It's like personal development 101.
0:22.0	We all talk about it. We all push it as the
0:25.6	solution for being more motivated because if you have a strong why if you have an
0:30.2	emotional why a reason for showing up it makes it easier to show up and I
0:37.2	think there's truth to that in fact I talk about it in my first book tiny leaps big
0:42.2	changes but my question has always been, how do you actually
0:46.2	find that? Like, how do you navigate the process of finding your why? That's something that's been on the top of my mind for a little while now so I want to talk about it because this is tiny leaps.
1:00.0	Big change. Big change. Big change. Big. So in my case, this is something that I've been thinking about a lot more and more lately,
1:19.4	trying to figure out what is my actual reason for doing this podcast for example or for
1:26.2	building the app or for any of the number of things that I'm doing what is my actual
1:30.4	reason for doing it and I keep falling into this trap, this like issue that I think probably a lot of us fall into. You see, the common trap that I fall into is feeling like my why needs to be this huge selfless thing.
1:47.4	Like it needs to be like Mother Teresa levels of altruism, something like wanting to help underprivileged communities or because I want to fix climate change or to support children because there are future.
2:00.0	It feels like it needs to be big. It feels like it needs to be this like huge thing and maybe that would be nice. If those were natural your reasons, maybe that would be nice.
2:14.8	But if they're not, should you really feel bad about them?
2:18.7	Like, how do we approach it if that's not actually your wife that's not actually that motivating for you.
2:25.8	Like yes of course I want to help underprivileged communities and of course I want to
2:31.4	end climate change but I can't do those things, at least not by myself.
2:37.6	Maybe I can contribute in some way, but I wouldn't even know where to start.
2:42.6	Those things aren't that motivating to me
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