Copy, steal, follow or borrow your why
Simon Sinek tells us to start with why. To identify our passion and discover our purpose.
But you don’t need to come up with the why. You can just find someone else’s why.
Copy, steal, follow or borrow.
Most people who’ve contributed to meaningful causes didn’t invent them. They found something that mattered and signed up. The civil rights activist who joined an existing movement. The researcher working on someone else’s hypothesis. The employee building someone else’s company.
Looking for YOUR unique purpose usually leads to paralysis. Meanwhile someone else’s why is already out there with infrastructure, community and momentum.
So if you’re stuck searching, look around at the whys that already exist. Find one that seems important. Then just start.
Your why doesn’t need to be original. It just needs to be enough to get you moving.