We have only one life or rather in GenZ language we can say “YOLO- You Only Live Once”
Our human life basically surrounds around these three questions – a) What b) How and the most important c) Why or simply we can say that each one of us know our-
1) WHAT ARE WE DOING? 2) HOW ARE WE DOING? But the only question which we never ask ourselves is – 3) WHY ARE WE DOING?
Let us deep dive into our WHY and try to understand this with the help of Simon Sinek: Theory of GOLDEN CIRCLE
Every organization and every person’s career- operates on three levels as shown in the illustration above: What we do, how we do it, and why we do it.
Let me try to explain with an example: Suppose I am working as a wealth manager in a firm named “X”. In this scenario, my answers to the What and How will be-
- a) What am I doing?
- I am managing my client’s money so that it can yield good returns.
- b) How am I doing this?
- I am investing their money in good stocks by analyzing the market.
- c) Why am I doing this?
- For MONEY??? Aren’t we working to earn money? That’s the obvious ‘Why’. First, money is a result. Though it is a part of the picture but it’s not what inspires any one of us to get out of bed in the morning.
I have found my ‘WHY’- which is to help people to make good financial decisions for a better future. In the similar way, each one of us has a WHY, a deep-seated purpose that is the source of our passion and inspiration.
Hence, if we want to feel an undying passion for our work and if we want to feel we are contributing to something bigger than ourselves then we must FIND OUR WHY which will help us to FIND OUR WAY.
By Anjali Agarwala
Wealth Manager & Marketing executive
