Stop making resolutions. What if you’re trying to fix what isn’t broken?

I know that sounds counterintuitive, especially if you’re staring down a list of life situations that aren’t working:

The relationship that’s struggling, the health issues you’ve been avoiding, the career that’s lost its spark.

Decades of failed resolutions should have taught us this: The idea of “fixing yourself” is flawed.

Why?

It’s based on a key misunderstanding about transformation. The conventional wisdom says: identify what’s wrong, create a plan to fix it, then take massive action.

This approach fails. It strengthens the very consciousness that caused your challenges.

Personal growth isn’t about adding new capabilities; it’s about deleting the mental programming that obscures your authentic self.

Instead, try this radical alternative: Stop trying to fix anything. This isn’t surrender. It’s strategic awareness.

Rather than making resolutions, make space. Space between your thoughts about what’s wrong.

Space between your stories about why things are the way they are.

Space between who you think you are and who you might be.

In that space of awareness, you’ll find something revolutionary: Your life’s situations aren’t problems to be solved. They’re invitations to see differently.

Your struggling relationship? It’s not asking for another strategy. It’s asking for presence.

Your health issues? They’re not waiting for another plan. They’re waiting for awareness.

Your leadership challenges? You don’t need more skills. You need to step out of your limiting beliefs.

When you observe your patterns from conscious awareness, insight and transformation naturally arise.

Ask yourself:

“What am I doing to contribute to a less-than-ideal situation?”

Watch how the mind creates stories of blame or defense. Observe these patterns without judgment.

In that space of conscious observation, something powerful happens: Insight and transformation naturally arise.

When you become aware of any pattern in your life, it begins to change. This is not because you learned how to fix it. It’s because you’ve entered a new state of consciousness.

So this New Year, don’t make resolutions. Make space. Make recognitions.

Stop trying to get somewhere else. Stop trying to be someone else.

Your awareness itself is the transformation you seek. Everything else is just a story.

Are you ready to think different about leadership? Are you ready to pioneer something extraordinary?

Join us at LeaderONE.org. Your search for something deeper can lead to profound transformation.

The future is calling. And it’s beautiful.

— Bill

Bill Fox, Founder, LeaderONE​
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Pioneering Leadership from Within | Unlocking Human and Organizational Potential