I guess I’m thinking out loud here. Really though, If you don’t know why your in business, then whats the point?

You have such a great website with nice and useful information for life.

Yet, the question remains why? Why do I go to the job I hate? Why don’t I do something else? And once I know what I want to do, I have to ask, why and I choosing this?

Why is the question that rights our ship. Without why, what is often meaningless.

Thoughts?

Dining Room,
Why haven’t you ask yourself why?

Sue,
Why do you think they’re important? And how would you answer why you do what you do?

Simple necessity. Most of us don’t have the luxury of choosing not to.

That being so, I believe the real question becomes “What?”

What will we do to make a living?

This is the hard part and the reason why so many folks are miserable going to work, getting up every day, and so on.

If we would take the time to figure ourselves out, out likes and dislikes, etc. we’d be more able to choose a vocation and career that were suited to.

And not everyone knows what they really want to do, so it’s okay to be wrong a few times while trying things out.

The mistake so many make is in letting themselves get trapped into continuing to do something they hate.

I watched a guy who kept working a job he detested, just so he could get to retirement and do what he wanted.

A year before retiring, he was found to have cancer. Spent some months in hospital, but it eventually killed him.

That was a sad thing to see, but at the same time it motivated me to make some difficult career choices, and moves that others thought me nuts for doing.

I’ve never forgotten that life doesn’t wait and we can never count on having tomorrow.

I didn’t always, but now I focus a lot more on taking time to smell the roses.

Find something you like to do, and ignore when the rest of the world tries to fit you into its mold.

BradBlogging,
It will. Don’t you think it’s important to know why you do what you do?

This will really open my eyes as to what I want to achieve when I blog.

Wouldn’t you agree?

usa,
So what do you do now?

Jean,
I’ve found that it’s very difficult to ask why about your business if you’re not asking it about yourself. The two are intertwined.

Living Rooms,
There are. It’s one of the great questions my 4-year-old daughter reminds me of constantly.

optimization,
I hear you.

My answer…because it’s what’s in my heart. Sounds trite – but true. My business is formed around having a purpose. And that purpose is helping business owners build and profit from the business that they love.

I’m not talking about touchy-feely here. I’m talking about following your own inner knowing, beliefs and ideas about how to make a living. Where else do the ideas and passion for a business come from if not from within us?

Home Recording,
But you’re right. Many business owners – especially in the age of the internet – aren’t really business owners. They have no structure to their workday or a viable, measurable marketing plan. And they often don’t ‘work’ at it. Having a business is sort of a concept for them. And yes, they might get a few bucks here or there, but they’ll never reach the point of success without establishing solid business practices.

So, you’re not wrong and there’s no reason to prove you that way.

Your typical person would answer “money” but I think there is more to life than money – yes we all need it to get by and its a nice thing to have, but “the love of money…”

You know the rest.

So what’s your answer to the questions you posted Dawud?

I believe all people/business need to have a higher purpose and make an impact on the world.

Great topic!