07/30/2015
“Why?”
..without question the most powerful 3-letter word ever! It penetrates our very fiber & makes us step back & review: WHY do we do particular things? WHY don’t we do particular things? If we don’t ask WHY we simply become apathetic...we’re stuck on a Merry Go Round !
Hang around with a 5 year old kid and witness the master of “WHY” ? At your work, ask: “Why do we need this report?” “Why do we have this meeting?” Think about it...watch peoples reaction to your innocent question. It’s as if you just committed treason.
Or with your family, your kids, your S.O., ask WHY do we? ...WHY don’t we?...all with the non-aggressive curiosity of a 5 year old. There’s an old story of the 5 year old girl who asks her mother as she is preparing an Easter dinner; “Mom! Why do you cut the ends off of the ham before you put it in the oven?” The mother stutters for a minute and utters, “Well, it let’s the juices in...or something like that. Your Gramma always did it that way, go ask her.” Little girl goes to Gramma and asks her the same question, “Why do you cut the ends off of the ham before you put it in the oven?”
The Gramma stutters a bit and replies, “Well, I think there’s a lot of reasons but you ought to go ask your Great Gramma because she always did it & I just watched her.” Little girl goes to Great Gramma and asks, “Na Na, I just asked my Mom & Gramma why they cut the end’s off of the ham before they put it in the oven...and they said it had something to do with the juices...or with the heat...is that right?” And Na Na replies, “Heavens No! The only reason I cut the end’s off the ham was because my oven was too small!”
So, take a close look at “WHY” you do things the way you do. And email me your findings at
