A wise man once said:
“Know yourself, know your worth”
(and yes, that wise man is Drake but the point still stands)
We Rise is all how how best to navigate adulting but actually so much of that requires self reflection to understand the problems you’re facing and then how to best implement solutions to help you. Without looking inward to understanding your desires and drives, it’s difficult to understand what is the right decision to make at any given time.
How do you do that? I hear you ask. Well today is your lucky day *cue Five Whys*
So this tool is a really good one that you can start using to understand the root cause of thing. This is important as some problems are actually symptoms of deeper issues so using this tool will scratch beneath the surface and come up with a solution for the right thing.
Using this tool for your personal life, can also provide you with some useful insight on your drivers and your ‘why’ thus meeting Drake’s requirement of knowing ones self and ones worth 🤪.
How do you use it? I’ve attached an example below:
So from the example, you can see that if you were faced with the same problem of not liking your job, your inclination may just be to quit, but, this may lead you to end up right back where you started.
If however, you go through the process and asking as many why’s as you need, you come out with a root cause you now have a lot more insight driving for better solutions. Using this this example, leaving your current job may be the answer, but instead of doing something similar, your search can now be driven by:
A role that isn’t repetitive and is challenging
Trying to understand and define how you can make a difference and being proactive in that mission
Speaking of mission, my latest podcast episode is all about finding your passion so make sure you check it out here.
As you can see Drake was onto something and I really hope this tool helps you like it’s helped me in making decisions that are aligned to me real drivers.
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Until next time.
Michelle