My new WHY. Why do I need a new WHY?? What IS a WHY??? A Why is a reason. Whenever a person starts something new, they have a reason. Relationships, parenthood, pets, job, etc... WHY. Sometimes that why is money based and sometimes it is love/emotional based. If the reason IS money based, then the emotion behind it must somewhere, or your why will fizzle. Emotion drives you to stick with something. It drives you to STAY and work harder. Can you imagine if you became a parent for the financial reasons? Oh, now we get a child credit on taxes YAY! Oh, now the baby isn't letting us sleep. Let's give her back... NO, it doesn't work that way. LOVE and EMOTION need to be the drivers of your why AND you need to have a goal. If you don't have a goal, do you really have a why?
So, now I find myself needing a new why. I have had a number of why's for doing what I do, but each why has been met with a goal, and each goal has been achieved.
If I am going to talk specifically, I started in direct sales because I needed money. I LOVED the product and knew I could share it. I also had young children and wanted to spend more time with them, so I needed another income so I could take summers off from my job. MONEY and LOVE.
It was the reason of both that kept me going. MONEY was the reason I could keep going too. I was actually accomplishing my goal and living my WHY. Now I needed another.
My next WHY was HUGE!!! It also was attached to a big money goal. I needed to make enough money so I could QUIT my full time job and finally be the stay at home mom I had always dreamed of AND still contribute to the household income. After goal setting and family discussions of what this looked like, a lot of hard work, many sleepless nights, sacrificing time WITH my family, I ACHIEVED WHAT I SET OUT TO DO!!! Done. I quit my job. Now I am a stay at home mom with a thriving direct sales business. I did it. I am happy. I am satisfied.
Then I stop to think. Am I really satisfied? Part of me is. HAPPY, yes. very much so. However, I know there is more. If I stay "satisfied" will I lose my passion? The simple answer is yes. I need a new WHY. I need a reason to continue working hard. I need a goal, and I need my WHY to be able to be envisioned. What do I see myself doing, and how am I going to get there?
I see myself standing on a stage. There are thousands of people in the room and all eyes are on me. I start to speak. People listen. When I am finished, people are happy. They feel good. They feel like they can accomplish ANYTHING. For the time, they feel enough and that feeling will put them into a forward motion of setting those goals to be the best version of themselves. I helped that happen. I want to help people live up to their potential and become the best version of themselves. Live more enriching lives. That is what I want to do.
How do I put that into a why?
My WHY is now this.
The reason I share these products is to help people see how easy it is to make small changes that will help them life a healthier and more fulfilled life. I share the business opportunity because I have witnessed first hand how even small financial changes can impact a person. As the numbers grow on my team, the number of people who I have helped live a more enriched life grow. The more people I help doubles every time I help ONE person, because now THAT person will believe in themselves and share their experience with another. I want to help build confidence in people so they can help build confidence in others. I want to be a change maker.
I feel like I still need to condense and simplify this. I need to take a walk and squirrel hunt with my sweet dog... This WHY is "too be continued"...
So, now I find myself needing a new why. I have had a number of why's for doing what I do, but each why has been met with a goal, and each goal has been achieved.
If I am going to talk specifically, I started in direct sales because I needed money. I LOVED the product and knew I could share it. I also had young children and wanted to spend more time with them, so I needed another income so I could take summers off from my job. MONEY and LOVE.
It was the reason of both that kept me going. MONEY was the reason I could keep going too. I was actually accomplishing my goal and living my WHY. Now I needed another.
My next WHY was HUGE!!! It also was attached to a big money goal. I needed to make enough money so I could QUIT my full time job and finally be the stay at home mom I had always dreamed of AND still contribute to the household income. After goal setting and family discussions of what this looked like, a lot of hard work, many sleepless nights, sacrificing time WITH my family, I ACHIEVED WHAT I SET OUT TO DO!!! Done. I quit my job. Now I am a stay at home mom with a thriving direct sales business. I did it. I am happy. I am satisfied.
Then I stop to think. Am I really satisfied? Part of me is. HAPPY, yes. very much so. However, I know there is more. If I stay "satisfied" will I lose my passion? The simple answer is yes. I need a new WHY. I need a reason to continue working hard. I need a goal, and I need my WHY to be able to be envisioned. What do I see myself doing, and how am I going to get there?
I see myself standing on a stage. There are thousands of people in the room and all eyes are on me. I start to speak. People listen. When I am finished, people are happy. They feel good. They feel like they can accomplish ANYTHING. For the time, they feel enough and that feeling will put them into a forward motion of setting those goals to be the best version of themselves. I helped that happen. I want to help people live up to their potential and become the best version of themselves. Live more enriching lives. That is what I want to do.
How do I put that into a why?
My WHY is now this.
The reason I share these products is to help people see how easy it is to make small changes that will help them life a healthier and more fulfilled life. I share the business opportunity because I have witnessed first hand how even small financial changes can impact a person. As the numbers grow on my team, the number of people who I have helped live a more enriched life grow. The more people I help doubles every time I help ONE person, because now THAT person will believe in themselves and share their experience with another. I want to help build confidence in people so they can help build confidence in others. I want to be a change maker.
I feel like I still need to condense and simplify this. I need to take a walk and squirrel hunt with my sweet dog... This WHY is "too be continued"...
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