Michael Hyatt

“People lose their way when they lose their why.”

What’s at Stake for You?

To get through the messy middle, when progress seems impossible, find your why. Look at your goals and ask yourself, “Why is this goal important to me personally? What’s at stake both positively and negatively?” Once you’ve answered those questions, I recommend you list and rank your top three so you can quickly find your most compelling motivation when the going gets tough. The sample goal templates at the back have a place specifically designed to capture your key motivations. To give you an additional edge, in the next chapter I’ll share several ways you can master your motivation—even when it feels like you don’t have much left.

The lines of preparation and opportunity finally merged, and that can happen for us too if we stay in the game.