To realize your fullest potential, you must have a clear understanding of who you are, what you want to achieve, and why you are pursuing your goals. Without this understanding, you are likely to be lost and ultimately achieve less than your full potential. When you understand why you are pursuing your goals and can clearly explain it to others, you are more likely to stay focused and reach your goals.
The Why
The Why is the most important and most powerful question you can ask yourself. It is the most important because it’s the only question that will make a difference in whether you succeed or fail. It is the most powerful because it is the only question that will make a difference in how you feel about yourself to help you stay motivated.
When you fully understand your Why, you will be more focused on achieving your goals than on the obstacles that you face and will continue to pursue them even when the going gets tough. When others see you as more focused and resilient, you find you are able to gain more support from them as well. Remaining focused on your why helps to not lose focus and maintain your path. Achieving your goals can be challenging, but endurance and success in achieving your goals help to bring fulfillment and joy to life.
The Why and Purpose
The Why is closely related to your sense of purpose. Your sense of purpose is the reason that you get out of bed every day. It is the glue that holds everything else together. It’s the reason that you go to work, spend time with your family, take care of your health, and contribute to the world. After defining your Why, your sense of purpose will become clearer and more powerful.
A sense of purpose creates the drive you need to achieve your goals, work hard, be persistent, and overcome obstacles. It empowers you to be able to push through fatigue, boredom, depression and be able to overcome your fears and doubts. Your Why and sense of purpose go hand-in-hand in realizing your full potential.
The Why and Focus
Next on the list that is in close collaboration with your Why is your ability to focus. Your Why contributes to your ability to cut out the noise and see your opportunities, blindspots, and true desires so that you are able to focus on what will actually help to achieve your goals. There are various methods to help you think and act smarter, not harder, and doing so helps you to remain focused. You will be able to focus on the right action and on doing the work that you need to do, rather than worrying about the details that bog you down and are not productive. The ability to stay focused is key to crossing tasks off your checklist and reaching milestones.
The Why and Support
After coming this far in establishing your Why, sense of purpose and maintaining focus, you’ll begin to see others recognize your hard work as they support your endeavors. Oftentimes people need to be shown and not told. When a person is able to visually show they are committed to a project or goal, others will be able to offer help in ways that are beneficial to the person’s needs. Afterall, it is hard to offer to help someone when you don’t know how best to help them, right? We are all inspired by the people around us and this most often happens when you see another person working diligently on a goal.
By remaining focused, you can uplift and be uplifted by your community by showing support for each other’s projects. When you have a strong sense of purpose and a clear understanding of your why, you will be able to get others around you to take action and to work toward your goals with you and be able to motivate others and gain their support.
In conclusion, the Why is the most important question that you can ask yourself. It helps determine if you will succeed or fail in whatever venture you are taking on because of creating a sense of purpose and the motivation to stay focused on your goals. It is the most powerful because it is the only question that will make a difference in how you feel about yourself. When you understand your Why, it will allow you to feel more empowered in yourself, your choices, and your vision for the future to reach your fullest potential.
