This is part two of three in a series that I am doing on change.
Part one: How Change Really Happens

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Every one of us has a built-in compass, an inner sense that lets us feel when the direction we’re heading just isn’t working.

But how do we know it’s not working?

Not by logic.
Not by analysis.
Not by arguing the data.

We know because something inside us feels off.
Tension.
Friction.
A heaviness in the system.
A sense that we’re pushing harder and going nowhere.

That feeling isn’t failure.
And it isn’t a flaw.
It’s feedback.
It’s our internal compass quietly tapping us on the shoulder, saying:

“You’re steering by thought, not by wisdom.”

When the mind revs high, when anxiety climbs, when the world starts to look distorted or hopeless or adversarial, that’s not a sign that life is broken.
It’s a sign that our thinking is pointed in an unhelpful direction.

And here’s the part we often miss:

**Doing more of the same in the same direction, even with more effort, won’t get us somewhere new. It just gets us more lost.**

Fresh direction never comes from doubling down on old thought.

Fresh direction only comes from looking somewhere different.

But how different?

Different enough that:

• the mind quiets,
• the snowglobe settles,
• and we remember that clarity doesn’t come from thinking about the problem, it comes from falling out of the problem.

When we look toward stillness instead of struggle, something remarkable happens:
We see something new.

And that “seeing” is what truly turns the boat.

Not strategy.
Not discipline.
Not force.

Insight.

Insight sparks a realization.
A realization opens the possibility of choice.
Choice shapes behaviour.
Behaviour repeated becomes a habit.
Shared habits become agreement.
Agreement becomes culture.
And culture >>> becomes legacy.

Every meaningful shift in leadership, family, organizations, and even nations begins the same way:

One person resets their compass.

They stop steering by the noise of their thinking
and reconnect with the quiet intelligence beneath it.

From there, the direction becomes obvious.
Effort becomes lighter.
And change stops being something we force,
and becomes something we allow.

If the direction you’re heading doesn’t feel right, it doesn’t mean you’re broken.
It means your compass is working.

Take a breath.
Let the snow settle.
Reset the compass.
The next step will reveal itself from there.

Much love,

P.S. If you sense the current direction isn’t serving you, or your organization, ask this one question: “Am I steering by thought or by clarity?”
Then take one small step today to realign a quiet conversation, a pause, a fresh question. If this post stirred something in you, reach out. Let’s explore how you can reset your compass and turn the boat together.

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Here are a few videos in the forest of materials out there right now. Hope you can find value in them as I have.

Here is a reflective music video for you. As you listen, notice which feelings arise as the mind begins to quiet.
What new direction, or possibility, softly appears when you stop steering and simply let yourself be carried by the moment?

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