Start With Want. Then Why.

“Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it”

― Buddha

If you're a business leader, entrepreneur, manager, director or you’ve just started a business on your own - are you asking the right questions and what is the most important question? 

Start with why. No. Start with want.

What is the most important question in business? 

Answer:

What do you want?

Does your mission start with ’why’ or a want?

For me, you have to want something and then know why you want it. Asking someone what they want is so much easier than asking them what their why is. 

Don’t know what you want?

It's time to do some exploration.

Teams

• Take yourself and leadership team into a different environment
• Socialise, get to know watch other personally
• Discuss ideologies, behaviour and aspirations

Solo

• Experiment 
• Get creative
• Get spiritual
• Talk to people

Wants = goals.

A goal framework can impact trust, understanding, and innovation within a company’s culture. Additionally, when employees have clear visibility and communication around the company’s goals and mission there is an increase in performance and engagement.

By creating goals you give yourself and your team a new set of ideas and new perspectives. This then forms your why. Why you do what you do, the direction you move in and the way you live your life. And how you run the business.

• Define your goals 
• Achievements and fulfilments

Hedgehog concept 

• What are you deeply passionate about?
• What can you be the best in the world at?
• What drives your economic engine?

More info here: https://www.jimcollins.com/concepts/the-hedgehog-concept.html

Ikigai 

• What are you good at?
• What do you enjoy?
• What can you be paid for?
• What does the world need?

More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikigai

Seed goals

• Healthy, happy and valued team
• Give our full attention and value to our clients 
• Produce meaningful and influential work 
• Award-winning campaigns
• Market-leading agency
• Create a lasting and positive legacy

Seed’s why:

To use creativity to help brand leaders solve the world’s biggest challenges.

Start with goals. Then why. 

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