Ted Talk Reflection

Recently in the month of February I watched a Ted Talk video. It featured a man name Simon Sinek, and he introduced the audience to a reason of how some leaders/business manage to be more successful than others.

Simon Sinek took a pen and pad and drew a huge circle. He then proceeded to draw two more circles within that huge circle. He labeled the outer most circle “What”, the middle ring “How”, and the inner circle he wrote “Why.” By doing so Sinek points to the audience that most companies work from the outside circle into the inner circle. Only a few companies like Apple, as a primary example, started from the “Why they do this” to the “What they do.” They made eventually more money than any other name brand computer company.

This trick is no secret. Most leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. started with “why.”MLK is best known for civil rights movements. He proclaimed, “I have a dream” and not “I have a plan” which differs greatly. He knew deep down in his soul that why he did it was that he was motivated by making equality throughout the whole United States of America. Then he proceeded to do demonstration’s and speeches across the southern states for his “How.” Finally, he tells people he so happens to be a civil rights leader.

I was truly inspired by this Ted Talk that it made me reflect back at all my previous engagements and how I presented myself as a leader to others. There was times that I had huge successful points in my Boy Scouting career, and then there wasn’t so great of times. Perhaps I should focus solely on helping and teaching others rather than telling them my qualifications of what makes me capable of being a leader. I currently have on my desktop a notecard with just the words, “Why do I do this.”

It’s also important to inspire others. A personal goal that I have is to inspire others to carpe the heck out of their diem. When I was growing up I was my introverted than extroverted. Then it changed as soon as I went into middle school. Every year my confidence in myself flourished. To this day I still hold back at times. However, my personal growth has increased greatly.

My good friends around me were well introverted. It changed though when they went into high school. It’s good to see life rapidly get energetic in people. I love to see people be movers and doers. I understand that people prefer being introverted, but I want them to know anytime they want to act crazy run wild it’s okay. Thinking outside the box is a way to keep the mind imaginative.