I recently had a great opportunity to connect with an extraordinary man with a powerful message…
Meet Simon Sinek.
Simon is extraordinary because he’s forging a new path for the way businesses do business (and having great success). His message is powerful because when we embrace it, everything changes.
What’s the message? Start With Why.
Why should this mean anything to you?
If you’re a business owner, you’ll want to explore your own “why” for being in business so you can identify and connect and communicate better with your ideal client.
If you’re a consumer (and we all are), it’s your wake up call to evaluate Who you do business with. Do they deserve your patronage? If they do, you’ll know why and appreciate the connection on both sides. If they don’t, take your well earned and deserved money to a company that will appreciate you more.
This week I’m going to share with you insights that Simon shared with me that have changed the direction of Mi Hamba. There have been both personal and professional nuggets of wisdom that brought about my own clarity that I hope will help you in gaining your own - for both your personal growth and connecting with your life purpose.
Simon insists this message be shared - after all, information is nothing if it’s hidden away for only a select few. If you learn something, share it. If something interests or intrigues you, share it.
Oh, and you’ll want to check out Simon’s new book (to be released this month). Start With Why
Come back tomorrow and I’ll share more of Simon’s story and his “Why”!



We all have things that have happened in our lives that create deeply embedded beliefs and painful memories. They’re how we’ve created our stories. The responsibility of our lives is to choose to create a story that supports us living a life we’re passionate about.
Taking responsibility for our lives is what 

Our integrity is the benchmark by which we’re judged by others and will determine the quality of people we attract into our life - friends, peers, associates - and the “inner circle of influence” we enjoy as a system of support,
Our culture is accustomed to wanting it now - getting it now - suffer the consequences later. The problem with this thinking is that not only does it hurt everyone (it affects our economy) but we repeat the pattern over and over again. Also consider what we’re teaching our children.
Honesty is so under-rated. Some would justify lies by calling them “stretching the truth” or “little white lies” or “harmless”. The problem with that thinking is there is no such thing as “just 1 potato chip”. One small little white lie leads to more little lies and stretching of the truth until those little lies graduate to bigger and bolder lies.