This may be the most important video on the internet

If I had to sum up this video in one quote, it would be this.

I loved this speech by Simon Sinek. In fact I think it might be my favorite speech of all time. It is how I am trying to live my life and it is how I wish others would live theirs.

I’ll give you a quick summary but I could never do this speech justice in a blog post, so you will have to watch Simon’s video below. But that’s the great thing about YouTube and internet videos; he can make this speech once, and then that speech can be seen and give inspiration to millions of people. Through the power of the internet, we can spread our message farther and we can create real positive change in the world.

To get to Simon’s ideal world, we have to start shifting our mindset. I know that I have. I used to wake up every day thinking about what I had to do with my day. I now wake up thinking what do I get to do with my day. That small shift in thinking is a massive change in my own life.

It gives everything purpose, it adds fun and it makes me excited to get out of bed every morning. But that shift in my mind didn’t come without a lot of hard mental work.

We have to start thinking about others more than ourselves. Once we realize that, our lives will now have purpose and we are all working towards a common goal. And when we do good for others, it creates a ripple effect where others do good for others.

What is the purpose of a company? Is it to sell a product or service? Or is it to make a positive impact in the world and create an awesome life for all of the employees that work there? I hope it is the latter and that is what I will strive to create as I try to build my own company.

We don’t need to live each day focused on the future and retirement. We need to live for the present. I’m not saying don’t save money, but money can’t be the end goal.

We should enjoy our lives and feel like we are making a difference. And that’s what Simon believes here. Because once we do that and we start feeling like we are moving towards a common goal, our work now has purpose and it also adds an element of fun to our daily lives.

So I hope you watch Simon’s speech. Let me know what you think in the comments below.

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