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The Why

The Why

The core of what you are doing and how you are doing it. Knowing the why is the best step to start.

Note for myself: As an individual, I need to know the core values that I uphold as well as the life goal that I want to reach. It's important to introspect and ask why I am doing what I am doing. Knowing it will give me more direction to go on and live the life that I will be living.

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The WHAT

The WHAT

The output or the product. The visible part and the one which has the features on it. This may seem easy but is a crucial part of the Golden Circle. Without the WHAT, the why and the how will be useless.

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The HOW

The HOW

The intricacies of process and systems. It's an important phase of the Golden Circle. The WHY will never be executed without the details of the How. Usually people who are good with WHY need a person who is good on the How.

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The ALIGNMENT

The ALIGNMENT

This is not included in the book, but I think this is common sense when you got the idea behind the Start with Why. The 3 parts of the Golden Circle should be well aligned to each other to make it work.

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My take on the book of Simon Sinek. Why, how and what is not the only things that matter, it's the alignment of these three.

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Start with “why”

Why am I doing this?  Ask yourself why until you understand your actions and decide how to reach your goal.

For instance, ask yourself why you are doing this job. If your answer is to get paid, then ask yourself, Why do I want higher pay? If the answer is so you can have a bet...

Just start

Just start

Once you have your direction, all that is left is to move toward it. This step is practically the most important. Clarity is composed of knowing and doing.

As we make progress toward the goal, the clarity will come.

Finding the Ikigai

Finding the Ikigai

The odyssey plan:

  • What would my life look like 5 years from now if I continued on the same path that I am on
  • What could be an alternate path that I could take if the upper plan fails
  • What would my life look lik...

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