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Prologue: this goes into detail Johann’s trip to Vietnam to find Vietnam war veterans to interview, while in Hanoi, he ate an apple that almost killed him. His nausea that he experienced was an anagram of the side effects of depression and anxiety. And that in Vietnam they believe nausea is the way the body sends a message

Chapter 6 State your HOWs: in this chapter Simon gives you the tools and tips to turn your how’s into why’s by changing wording, allowing the group or individual to ask themselves what instead of why they do things. There are many more examples in this chapter.

Chapter 5 (Cont.): Simon brings the group together by asking the group to share their mottos and sayings, from there they can collectively come together and create the why statement.

Chapter 4 (Cont.): Simon discusses more about the types of dicussions that will take place such as anecdotal stories that can be shared amongst the group. He strongly suggests that the team be put into diverse groups to assist with creating the Flipchart of what they love about the job.

Chapter 4 (Cont.): Simon provides details for the facilitator to have while they are trying to find the WHY in the group sense, he encourages that the individuals in the group pair up with someone they don’t know or aren’t familiar with and share the stories and information to find the WHY statement.

Chapter 4: Why discover for groups. Simon goes into detail on how to organise finding the WHY statement in a group setting. He provides the necessary tools and tips to get this process setup for the next chapter which is catching the ideas from the group of employees to find the WHY statement for the department/company.

Chapter 3 (Cont.): Simon explains how we find out the themes that affect us and the way we go about life trying to insight positive change, from there he asks us to go into detail prodding the emotions that were felt during the stories. Once that is complete you can create your WHY statement and hone it so it fits your goals and aspirations.

Chapter 3: finding your WHY as an individual. Simon goes through the process of finding your why by asking very deep, emotive, thought provoking questions to find the most genuine and sincere WHY. He even provides numerous tips and guides which are located in this chapter and the appendix.

In chapter 2 Simon explains the format of discovering your WHY. He goes into detail of how you can create your mission statement on WHY you do what you do and WHY it’s important to you. He also goes through the steps in detail on how you can create it: Step 1 gather stories and share them, Step 2: identify themes, and step 3: draft and refine a why statement.

In chapter 1 we go over a condensed version of the Start Your Why process. Simon Sinek believes that business is about WHY they do what they do, with money being the biproduct. He also applies this method to the individual employee as culture is much more important than experience. If a WHY is achieved, they can make up for the inexperience later.

We finished the book with a story about how chaotic life can be, it goes into detail about how things just sometimes don’t go our way but at the end of the day we are going to be alright. We just keep going and pushing forward to achieve better results.

We discussed further the detriment of ego and how it can cause us to lose out on opportunities of growth and fortune. We need to be able to listen to those with more experience, teach someone with less experience and engage with someone with same experience. We also discussed the importance of privilege, power and entitlement and how that can affect the way we see the world for what it is.

Hugh has discussed the flow state and how to achieve it, the flow state is when the body excretes all 4 feel-good hormones at the same time. He also has discussed the detriment of having an inflated ego, and how it can affect the way react to situations and our emotions. Emotional literacy is also touched on.

We have read about Ryan Shelton and how he joined the Resilient project. We also read about the importance of having not just friends, but the right friends. People who motivate, boost, love, are happy for, provide constructive feedback for you. It is good to work out that family doesn’t necessarily mean they are your friends and that friends can be as close as family.

Between pages 101 and 163 Hugh goes into detail about perfectionism, losing control, fear of failure and honing your skills. He also lines these topics with stories of actual people, specifically Hamish Blake, MB, Matt, Ben Cousins and Ben Crowe.