A gaze is an action. The beginning of everything. The one who stands above all. Some might say, “What? Looking at something is nothing!”
Let’s test that. Name the biggest problems keeping you up at night.
As you analyze them, you’ll inevitably hit your meta-problem—the one too painful to mention without emotion. A wave of anger, shame, resentment, disgust, or fear crashes over you. You haven’t wanted to open that cursed door for a long time.
From here, one of two things will happen. Either one day the storm will kick the door down and wreck your life. Or, like the Dutch, you’ll start managing the floods before they come.
No living creature rushes toward the unknown with open paws or tentacles. The first step is to pick the anomaly out of the flow.
To notice, you must focus your gaze.
From that moment, the mind races along the learning curve. The body stays still, but inside, it’s an R&D lab in overdrive.
We engage most intensely with the unknown—with what can just as easily kill us as reward us.
So when do real changes begin in business, family, and life? In my experience, real change begins the moment you’re ready to stare your #1 problem straight in the jaws.
It’s not just an action. It’s the First Creative Act.
Yours sincerely,
-Alexander
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As a business therapist, I help tech founders quickly solve dilemmas at the intersection of business and personality, and boost company value as a result.
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