June 2011 – Page 2 – WhosChrisHughes.com

Earlier today I was cleaning up my computer’s desktop and I had a folder saved called “101 Reasons Why I Do What I Do”. I opened it up and found out there was only one thing written down in this Microsoft word document. “Write out a list of 101 reasons why you do what you do. Scott says it’ll help you understand more about why you are the way you are and how you can better capitalize on it.” This was written while I was attending the Extreme Business Makeovers event while Scott Ginsberg of HELLO My Name Is Scott was giving a speech. Scott is a young guy who I really connected to when he spoke. He was just like where I’m at a few years ago when he graduated college. He knew he wanted to live a fulfilled life and knew that working for someone else wasn’t really the way he was going to do it. Scott said something that really resonated with me during his speech, “If you don’t know where you’re going, no one can stop you”. This pretty much sums up what I’ve been doing for the past few years. I had a general idea of what I wanted to do, but I really don’t know EXACTLY where I’m going and how I’m going to get there. Scott had talked about how difficult it was for him to create his list of 101 reasons but he said it helped him out. When he said that, I opened up a word document and vowed to do that. Well, I got busy and just got to it today. I decided that since my brand is now evolving that I should probably share my list with you. I am a little hesitant about sharing this list because it shares some things that I feel weird about sharing. But, this is part of me stepping out of my comfort zone and evolving as a person. So here goes nothing. 101 Reasons Why I Do What I Do To make moneyTo make Dad proudTo make Mom proudTo learnTo teach othersTo help othersTo encourage othersTo share my storyTo inspire othersTo gain knowledgeTo impress friendsTo remember thingsTo impress girlsTo find true loveTo have money to do fun stuffTo relaxTo travelTo expand my consciousnessTo improve as a personTo have more energyTo get strongerTo get in better shapeTo never be fatTo be honest with myselfTo challenge myselfTo grow as a personTo improve my flexibilityTo be successfulTo have more free timeTo enjoy my free timeTo make money without workingTo own a nice houseTo live wherever I wantTo travel whenever/wherever I wantTo prove to myself that I can do itTo live an interesting lifeTo have no regretsTo live on a beachTo golf once a weekTo meet cool peopleTo create memoriesTo have residual incomeTo step outside my comfort zoneTo get over my fearsTo be a leaderTo get more businessTo unwindTo connect with peopleTo be betterTo be fasterTo enjoy my time on EarthTo fulfill my personal legendTo satisfy womenTo leave people craving moreTo have clear skinTo be tan to look goodTo get my Real Estate licenseTo buy housesTo sell housesTo buy a golf courseTo look coolTo own my own islandTo learn to surfTo provide a place to get away to friends/familyTo brainstorm great ideasTo make my first millionTo make my first billionTo backpack across EuropeTo live in Australia for 3 monthsTo learn to live off the landTo go to the NBA finalsTo go to the Stanley CupTo hold the Stanley CupTo go to the MastersTo go to the World CupTo go to the Summer OlympicsTo go to the Winter OlympicsTo have stories to tell my children (when I have them)To provide for my children (when I have them)To try something newTo find my true talentsTo live life according to these talentsTo have more sexTo have better sexTo teach people to juggleTo make people smileTo meet my mentorsTo write a bookTo do something meaningfulTo make more money than my brothersTo make more money than my dadTo be written about in booksTo be memorableTo give backTo make people’s lives better for knowing meTo never worry about moneyTo be someone worth meetingTo be one with the worldTo own multiple businessesTo love someone unconditionallyTo pursue happiness Well, there you have it. There is a list of 101 reasons why I do what I do. Now I challenge you to do the same thing. It’s a lot harder than it looks and believe me, you WILL learn something about yourself. Looking back on all of these reasons why I feel like I will always have a reason WHY from now on. If I’m struggling to finish a project or to do something, I will always have this list to look at to keep me motivated. My only question to you is…Will you make your own list or will you just carry on with your day? The choice truly is yours. I’d love if you would commit to doing a list with me. You don’t have to share it publicly like I did here because honestly it is weird having a list like this out in the public. However, I feel like it will help me grow as a person and that’s why I chose to share it. Leave a comment below telling me IF you plan on creating a list for yourself. It’s a challenge that you will be happy you finished. ps- I got STUCK at 49 initially. Let me know where you get stuck. I look forward to hearing from you.