Dr. Benjamin Hardy

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671 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 29 May

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And the why would then highlight

what you're ultimately trying to do and what you ultimately value.

Like everyone's gonna have a different why for why we're doing this.

You have a different why for interviewing me as I have for being interviewed, right?

And so it's important to clarify and understand what the why is that's driving everything you're doing.

And I'm of the belief that you do choose the why.

You do choose it, you clarify it, but you can scrape away levels of understanding it.

But the why is just the purpose.

The purpose is the goal.

What is the ultimate reason you're doing this?

Aristotle would call that final cause, which is basically the end.

So as an example, if I'm hungry...

If I get up and go to the kitchen and start eating, well, it's like, well, why did I get up and go to the kitchen?

It might have been because I'm hungry, but it also might have been because I was triggered and I'm just trying to avoid working.

And so it's just understanding the why and the purpose starts to help you realize that

What's driving your behavior?

Is it something you really want?

You know, like when you're a teenager, maybe your why was, which again, the why is the goal.

And this is why the goal drives everything you do, including your identity.

You know, when you're younger, the why might have been just to impress your friends, right?

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