79. High Performance Teams - Part 2 - Purpose

Last minisode we spoke about Vision which is the what you’re going to achieve. The destination. Purpose is all about your why, your spirit, serving the greater good.

 

Simon Sinek, author of “Start with Why” says, “People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it.”

 

And that goes for people buying your products and people buying into your business or team plans.

 

If you don’t put purpose at the heart of what you do you’ll never know what it’s like to have someone in your team go the extra mile for the team.

 

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How Does purpose give us energy and make us kick out of bed in the morning?  

 

Purpose unleashes oxytocin, serotonin and dopamine because when we do something significant that is for the benefit of others and the world these so called Happy Chemicals release into the body making us feel great and improve our bodies immune system and flow.

 

Every time I’ve had a huge week and it gets to Friday and I need to record a minisode I picture someone listening in their car and on the train and that they get just one thing from it that changes their approach and then it ripples. This get my juices flowing...and sparks me with energy.

 

No purpose and all business leads to a stail existence. One where stress and overwhelm thrive. This is the land of Cortisol a stress hormone that is more like the unhappy drug.

 

When we live with purpose everyone around us starts to the thrive and feel happy. You see when we see other people doing good things for others it triggers the happy chemicals too. Not only that but when we do it as a team the ripple effect of our work can change the world.

 

Get your team together and ask:

• How can we make the world a better place because of our work?
• What are all the things we do or can be doing to?
• What are the causes we are passionate about?
• Who can we serve and make their life better?
• Sometimes it can help to flip it on its head and ask yourselves what annoys you? What articles do you read that fire you up?

 

The next step is then connect this with your Vision. If you can align your Vision and Purpose then mountains can be moved.

 

Let’s remember the NASA Story, President John F Kennedy set the vision and goals, “We chose to the go to the moon. To send mankind to the moon and bring them safely back to earth again within the decade.”

 

Then he incorporated the purpose. “We mean to be a part of it--we mean to lead it. For the eyes of the world now look into space, to the moon and to the planets beyond, and we have vowed that we shall not see it governed by a hostile flag of conquest, but by a banner of freedom and peace. We have vowed that we shall not see space filled with weapons of mass destruction, but with instruments of knowledge and understanding.”

 

Without purpose your life and work will feel heartless, soulless and all business. The running around will not make sense. You’ll constantly feel like your just in the rat-race and search for an out. But put it in your life and it’ll all feel worthwhile. You’ll be more resilient, more focused and just more happy and everyone will see it. They’ll always remember that you had values and character and cared more about the planet and others than yourself and profit.

 

This is the way of GREAT chiefs.

 

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