Today, the prevailing wisdom, and one that many practice, is knowing our strengths and whys. It’s believed that by aligning with our strengths and purpose, or ‘why’ as Simon Sinek calls it, we can lead better and more successful lives.

This philosophy has helped many find success. It provides clarity in a world of distractions and confusion. I have explored my strengths and my why at various times throughout my life.

But I’ve realized on my inner leader journey that there’s a deeper dimension beyond strengths and purpose. While understanding them can offer guidance, they are still concepts rooted in the mind and ego.

When we identify with them, we unknowingly limit ourselves from accessing the deeper awareness beyond the mind’s conditioning.

What happens when we stop identifying with these mental limits we don’t even recognize?

The truth is that beyond our strengths and our whys lies a dimension of inner stillness. It is in this stillness that we step out of the conditioning that has shaped our beliefs and identity for many centuries.

This inner stillness is not about improving or perfecting ourselves based on strengths or aligning with a fixed sense of our why or purpose.

Instead, it’s about recognizing the deeper awareness that exists beyond all of that. It’s the part of us that isn’t defined by what we do or what we believe.

When we access this space of awareness, we find that we’re no longer pushing ourselves to meet someone else’s expectations or our own internalized ideals.

We begin to move through life with a greater sense of ease and clarity. What we do aligns with a purpose beyond the mind’s judgments.

True alignment with our strengths and why doesn’t come from meticulously managing them. Rather, it comes from letting go and allowing ourselves to connect with the deeper truth of our being.

From this space, we discover that we don’t need to force alignment. It happens naturally, as we act from a place of inner awareness.

The journey of leadership is not just about discovering our strengths or why we do what we do, but about learning to step back from identifying with these ideas.

When we do, we find that the quiet truth of who we really are emerges. And with it, a deeper sense of alignment and purpose that transcends the mind’s need for validation.

— Bill

Bill Fox, Founder, LeaderONE​
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