Like water, beliefs can become stagnant. This first TED weekly talk hit me pretty hard, challenging me to the realization that I need to do more reflection of my beliefs.
Personally, I feel like I may have become sort of complacent in my beliefs and inspiration, being constantly surrounded by people that share many of those or at least understand them without much explanation. As if it was understood what my motivations and intentions were in whatever it was that I happened to be working on at the time. So much so, that I may have lost track. Did I really feel so uninspired for so long?
This talk challenged me not only to re-explore what I believe in and what inspires me, but also to re-explore how I share those ideas and integrate them into my life again, through my work, family, friends, art, etc. Sometimes, our work reflects our beliefs, other times, we have to reflect our beliefs in our work.
Part of what really moved me in this talk is Sinek's studies of Dr MLK Jr., one of the first awe inspiring historical American figures in my life. So much that I dedicated a grade school research paper on his behalf.
Anyways, I hope you take a few minutes to listen, engage, and feel inspired to reflect your beliefs any chance you get, because without them, what are we, really? After all, what drives us isn't so much what we do, but, why we do it.
Here's the link to the TED Talk: Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action
Personally, I feel like I may have become sort of complacent in my beliefs and inspiration, being constantly surrounded by people that share many of those or at least understand them without much explanation. As if it was understood what my motivations and intentions were in whatever it was that I happened to be working on at the time. So much so, that I may have lost track. Did I really feel so uninspired for so long?
This talk challenged me not only to re-explore what I believe in and what inspires me, but also to re-explore how I share those ideas and integrate them into my life again, through my work, family, friends, art, etc. Sometimes, our work reflects our beliefs, other times, we have to reflect our beliefs in our work.
Part of what really moved me in this talk is Sinek's studies of Dr MLK Jr., one of the first awe inspiring historical American figures in my life. So much that I dedicated a grade school research paper on his behalf.
Anyways, I hope you take a few minutes to listen, engage, and feel inspired to reflect your beliefs any chance you get, because without them, what are we, really? After all, what drives us isn't so much what we do, but, why we do it.
Here's the link to the TED Talk: Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action
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