How The Why Gives The What

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A Big Enough Why Solves Everything

I saw the most amazing thing the other day and it shows the importance of questions. I will get to the story in a minute but first a little more about the idea.

Of course everyone runs into problems. Actually, to start mentioning self talk and keep that word problems there could be done a little better. Problems stated in a positive tone, we can call challenges. It sounds way more fun and positive. So, on that note, everyone runs into challenges in life. For those of us that set goals, there will always be challenges that we get along the way to make things exciting.

Now some people run into these challenges and can not see a way to solves them. So they quit on themselves. So what I want to share with you is a story that will show you that when you have a big enough “why” you want it, you will always be able to figure out how to get over the challenge.

The bigger you make your why, the more extreme you will be willing to go in order to do what it takes to achieve the outcome. A weak why is pretty much a forgone conclusion that you are two steps from throwing in the towel.

Here is a commonly repeated story to put the idea in context. If someone says they want you to lift that truck over there. You would probably think “Why would I want to do that?” Then the crickets would chirp inside your head but besides that, dead silence in the old thinking compartment. Now if you upped the ante and someone said “Lift that truck because your baby is stuck under the tire!” Now you are a bit more motivated and if you can not lift the truck initially, you most likely will not just give up. First you look for levers. Then you call over people close by to help. Then you phone in emergency services. Actually, and here is the point, you will do whatever it takes because why you are doing it really, really matters to you.

Quickly, I want to tie this into getting in shape. Excuses like not having enough time or that it’s boring are sad ways of saying that you really don’t care that much about yourself and your health. These are not big challenges to overcome. It’s some simple planning and if you can not figure out the solution to this then the “why” part of you doing this is really weak and it simply is not that important to you.

The recent story that I saw was about a rancher that was into bow-hunting. He had practised long and hard to be ready for bow season because he had a once in a lifetime opportunity to go hunt elk. Then he got his arm snapped in two by a bull just weeks before the season opened up. He was so disappointed that this dream of his would slip away. However he wanted this so bad he came up with a solution.

Since he could not hold the bow out straight with a broken arm, he switched arms. Now he could hold the bow out but did not have a healthy arm to pull the string back. That still did not stop him. He sewed a clip to his vest, and clipped the bow string into the clip. Then he pushed the bow outwards away from him instead of the traditional way of pulling the string back. Then when he was ready to fire, he had a trigger release mechanism that only required him to press the button. With that, he went on the trip of his dreams.

When you can get a big enough “Why”, the solutions will take care of themselves.

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