Suman Saha's Key Ideas from The Buddha and the Badass
by Vishen Lakhiani

• Step 1: Reconnect to peak moments in the past.
• Step 2: Write out the story in detail. 
• Step 3: Repeat the process for ages five to twenty-five
• Step 4: Write the values that emerged from those moments.
• Step 5: Define your values.

1. Create a manifesto that summary what you’re seeking to bring to the world, your beliefs and values, and how you operate. Add this to your website if you have one. Remember to share the ?why of what you do.
2. Find your big why. Throw out the dispassionate corporatespeak. Talking about your beliefs, your values, your vision for the world will engage people’s emotions, which is how they make decisions.
3. Craft a Vivid Vision and make it public. Speak three years into the future. Don't worry if you’re currently small or operating from a warehouse. Talk about the future as if it’s happening now.

• End goals are the beautiful, exciting rewards of being human on planet Earth. End goals speak to your soul. They bring you joy in and of themselves, not because they confer any outward label, standard, or value attached by society.
• Means goals are the things that society tells us we need to have in place to get to happiness. Almost everything I wrote down as a goal was actually a means to an end, not an end in itself.

1. What experiences do I want to have in this lifetime? 
2. To be the person who lives life with these amazing experiences, how do I need to grow?
3. If I had a life with these amazing experiences and had grown to this level, how do I now give back to the world that has rewarded me so much?

Step 1: Reflect on these questions below:

1. What missions in the world already inspire you?
2. What causes can you be an activist for? 
3. What to or fields light you up? 
4. What types of groups do you want to make a difference for?
5. What brands can you support?

Step 2: Take action. What actions can you take to align yourself with or create positive missions that forward initiatives in the areas that matter to you? Write them down. Then get in action.