Friday, April 24, 2015

What's your why?

Hello Everyone,

Many of you know Aliah is here and we are super excited about that and now that she is here it just make me think more. It made me think about a question that I previously had an answer to but now the answer has changed. There's one question that I hold dear to myself because its the wood that fuels my fire. Why? Why do I do what I do? Why do I say what I say? What do I work? Why am I in business? Why do I kill myself at the gym? Every time I ask myself these why questions, the answer is more and more important. Sometime we need to be reminded of why. My answers are personal but I wrote the questions for you. Ask yourself why. If you can give yourself a good answer then hold on to that as tightly as you can. There will be days when you don't want to. There will be days when you don't think you can. There will be days when you forget what the why is. Those are the days that you can remind yourself. I'm doing this because (fill in the blank). It get you through the tough days and reinforces the good days.  Lila and I are motivated by our why and I encourage you to find it, if you don't have it already. There's a great quote by John Maxwell who is the biggest leadership expert in the country. I was able to spend some time hearing him speak a couple weeks ago. In one of his latest books, Good Leaders ask Great Questions, He says this,

When I found my why, I found my way.
When I found my why, I found my will.
When I found my why, I found my wings. -- John Maxwell