S1, Ep3: Why we've got to talk about our Why

Elevate with Grace

In this episode we will explore the brain science and long known benefits of taking charge & setting the vision and goals. As always we have scoured the best content out there to bring you a curation of the best tips, insights and knowledge. You will discover that being passive in vision / why undermines your efforts in every area of your life.

• Starting out that why vision is so important
• Benefits of setting your vision
• Three hacks to help you unpack your why
• Elevate Action challenge
• Show notes below with all of the great links

ELEVATE ACTION CHALLENGE:
Let's find your key goal and action for now. Start with an SFD (remember it's only paper)
Set yourself a timer know 10 minutes and write down everything that comes to mind - thoughts on visions, goals, things you love doing. If you have finished in 3mins then start to use one of the models from the podcast (listed below).
Once the timer stops its pen down & walk away. That's it - just 10mins today.
Next let it ruminate - allowing thoughts to flow in the shower, exercising, and getting your brain to work for you while you sleep.
First thing in the morning (next day or as soon after as you can) open up your book, don't look at what you wrote, first just write down everything that comes top of mind. Then go back and review your earlier list and start to articulate your key vision and narrow in on what is the most important goal that you really want to achieve now. Perhaps there's one for each category of your life. Perhaps there's just one big one that you just really want to work towards. If there are extra gems on the page, save them in your calendar or somewhere that you'll look back to. Next week when we go through our what, then we'll start to really narrow down on our vision.
SHOW NOTES:
Simon Sinek - https://youtu.be/yNiWviKEoa8 (a short video from Simon Sinek presenting his concept around why) reminder: this is business focused but absolutely can be applied to your vision & why. His books - Start with Why and Find your Why
https://www.booktopia.com.au/start-with-why-simon-sinek/book/9780241958223.html
Carolyn Tate, The Purpose Project
https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-purpose-project-carolyn-g-tate/book/9780646971001.html

Dominic Price of Atlassian: https://domprice.me/personal-moral-inventory/
>> Consider your life in 4 buckets - Productivity & Profit, Purpose, People, Planet and seek to first score yourself -1 to 1 on how you are tracking and then consider a vision for each area.
Michelle Obama, Becoming - both in book form and also as a Netflix special https://www.netflix.com/au/title/81122487
Quote from Michelle Obama in Becoming: "What I've learned is that getting back on what track? It's a whole new track. It's not getting back on track. I'm creating my next track. I'm doing what you're doing. I'm figuring out what I want to do, what I care about. And it takes time to process your life and figure out what it all means."
Brene Brown: For more on SFDs check out Unlocking Us the podcast or Brene's website for a quick cheat sheet: https://brenebrown.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/The-SFD-and-Checking-Our-Stories-Secondary-8-1-19.pdf
7 core value areas: #1 career or contribution #2 financial #3 personal #4 spiritual & connectedness #5 intellectual #6 relationship and #7 physical health.
For more thought starter hacks please check out our blog on the website: www.elevatewithgrace.com.au

Music created by Claire's daughter Hannah