Finding Your Why What motivates you to be the person and student you want to be? Table of Contents 01 Why why? 02 What are your strengths? 03 Defining Our Values 04 Crafting Our Whys Why is it important and valuable to know your motivations? Are strengths the things we’re good at? Or could it mean something else? What are the most important values to you personally? Are those values different when leading? Create a statement of purpose that summarizes what motivates you to be your best. Why Why? ● What is the value of naming our motivations for doing what we choose to do? ● How might our strengths and values impact our why statements? What Does an Expert Say? “The better you know yourself, the clearer your purpose becomes. When you are firmly grounded in your intrinsic motivation, when you know why you are getting out of bed and heading off to (lead) 120 (students), you’ll have a symbolic spring in your step as you make your way toward that day. When the hard moments come, your eyes will be on the prize - on fulfilling your sense of purpose. When you need to make decisions and pick your battles, you’ll be anchored in and emboldened by purpose. All the research on resilience has found that resilient people are firm and clear on their purpose.” -Elena Aguilar Love It/ Loathe It: Identifying Your Strengths Love It/ Loathe It: Identifying Your Strengths Take a few moments to create a Love it/ Loathe it list for yourself. It could be based on things you have done in the past week or any timeline that works for you. Once we have completed our lists we will share together what we’ve come up with. “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” -Howard Thurman Values Exploration The link below will take you to a list of many values: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13KzrSOHr7 CsMmE_D343xpew3jk5hvKtSTmSLKpQDYY/copy#gid=342 302901 Take a few moments to free flow through the list and highlight the values that stand out to you. Once you have highlighted those values, try to narrow your list down to the five values most important to you. Live Your Values! The Golden Circle “Every single leader or organization know WHAT they do. Some know how they do it...But very few know WHY they do what they do.” -Simon Sinek Why= Your Purpose What= Your Process How= Your results WHY What How Example Why Statements “To serve as a leader, live a balanced life, and apply ethical principles to make a significant difference.” Denise Morrison, CEO of Campbell Soup Company “To inspire people to do the things that inspire them so that, together, we can change our world,” Simon Sinek “To use my gifts of intelligence, charisma, and serial optimism to cultivate the self-worth and networth of women around the world.” Amanda Steinberg, Founder of Daily Worth “To be a teacher. And to know for inspiring my students to be more than they thought they could be.” Oprah Winfrey Crafting Our Why It is now time to craft our personal, one sentence, why statements. You can do this by: ● Thinking about your strengths and values to condense them down to your why statement… OR ● Write whatever feels right to you in this moment. Leaders vs. Those Who Lead Leaders Hold a position of power or authority. Use authority to get things done. Those Who Lead Inspire people. People follow them not because they have to, but because they want to. Looking Towards Tomorrow “People always seem to band together in accordance to a principle that has nothing to do with love, a principle that releases them from personal responsibility.” James Baldwin ● Stay true to your strengths, values and personal whys. Lead with love and purpose and you will naturally be a person who leads. ● Will you make mistakes? YES! ● Take responsibility for them and learn from them. Thanks! Do you have any questions? Do you want to follow up on crafting your why? CREDITS: This presentation template was created by Slidesgo, including icons by Flaticon, and infographics & images by Freepik. Please keep this slide for attribution.
