“A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding.”
– Marshall McLuhan
Everybody loves having insights; those realizations, epiphanies and a-ha moments that allow you to find solutions to problems, come up with new ideas, and make lasting changes, seemingly without effort. But in this excerpt from my book RESULTS: Think Less, Achieve More (©2016 Jamie Smart), we’re going to be looking at something even more powerful than insights and realizations; your real game-changer when it comes to creating the results that matter to you in ways that fit who you really are.
You’re built for reality, optimized for success, with the factory-settings for creating results. By definition… Whether you believe it or not. There’s a built-in quality check that nature has performed on every one of your ancestors going back millions of years: were they fit enough, resilient enough, attractive enough, creative enough, aware enough, courageous enough and wise enough to get safely to breeding age, have children and pass on their genetic material? The fact that you’re here means the answer to that question was ‘yes’, hundreds of thousands of times in succession.
You are a state-of-the-art results-creator, tempered in the furnace of millions of years of evolution.
This means that the hardware and software that comprises you have been through countless iterations, beautifully tuned, improved and adjusted for living in this world. You’re built for being, walking, talking, loving, learning, playing, working, resting, thinking, making, growing, appreciating, reflecting, realizing, transforming, creating and much more. And one of the most valuable gifts that helps you survive and thrive in reality is your innate capacity for realization and insight.
You have an innate capacity for realization and insight
A realization is a fresh new thought; an insight that brings your understanding more closely into alignment with the truth of some aspect of life. History has numerous examples of dramatic realizations that have changed the world, for instance…
– Isaac Newton’s insights into the principle of gravity that transformed our understanding of the material world and paved the way for the Industrial Revolution.
– The realizations about ‘invisible matter’ on doctors’ hands that prompted Ignaz Semmelweis’ pioneering of antiseptic procedures.
– James Watson’s breakthrough discovery of DNA’s double-helix structure, leading to numerous modern-day applications including agriculture, pharmaceuticals and forensics.
Realizations reveal pre-existing facts about the reality you’re built for
In each case, the realization revealed the existence of pre-existing facts about some aspect of life; principles or laws behind how life already works. There are many more examples that make the history books, but it may surprise you to learn that you’ve had countless realizations and insights in your own life…
Let’s start with a universal example: walking. You spent the months before you were born in a near-weightless environment. Then you emerged into this world and started learning about the implications of gravity; a pre-existing fact of life. As you started exploring this new domain, you effortlessly processed the megabytes of data pour- ing through your senses and had realizations about the fact of gravity. These realizations came automatically, without you even having to think about it consciously. By the time you were able to stand on two feet and walk freely, your realizations had given you a deep ‘embodied understanding’ of the implications of gravity. Today, your ability to walk is built on that embodied understanding; an under- standing you developed without even knowing you were doing it.
You have an innate capacity for realization.
A realization brings you more closely into alignment with reality.
The more aligned with reality you are,
the more effective you can be at creating results.
Realizations give rise to results
Look around you… How many of the things that you can see have been created by human beings? Each one of these objects exists because someone, somewhere had a realization; a ‘lightbulb moment’. Your mobile phone (for instance) exists as the result of countless realizations, insights and discoveries. They may have started with Alexander Graham Bell’s invention of the telephone in the 1870s, but numerous other people’s realizations and results have combined to bring you the device you now use. Think about it:
– The designer who envisioned the model you own
– The people who created the apps that run on it
– The musician who composed the ringtone you hear
– etc
Every one of these ‘links in the chain’ represents a cascade of insights and realizations that have given rise to results.
Realization is a natural function of your mind
You’ve had countless realizations and insights over the years; ‘hits’ of fresh new thinking that have aligned your embodied understanding of life more closely with reality. If you’d like a simple metaphor for this, look at the FedEx logo. There are two images, hiding in plain sight, contained within the logo: A white spoon (poetically concealed in the letter ‘e’ in the word ‘Fed’) and a white arrow (hidden between the ‘E’ and the ‘x’ in the word ‘Ex’). These two images have always been part of the ‘reality’ of the logo. You may have looked at them hundreds or even thousands of times. You may not have noticed them until now, but they’ve always been there. The mechanism that takes you from ‘looking’ to ‘seeing’ is realization; a hit of fresh new perception that arrives from beyond your existing model of reality. And once you’ve seen them, you’ll never be able to un-see them. Your realization will have brought your understanding more closely into alignment with reality. Every time you see this logo going forward, you’re going to be reminded of your innate capacity for realization, and the principles we’re exploring in this book.
Apples are great, but the tree that produces it can create many thousands of apples.
Insights and realizations are great, but the capacity that produces them can create many thousands of insights and realizations.
Your innate capacity for realization and insight is the REAL game-changer; the source of all insight, innovation and results.
You possess superpowers
Your innate capacity for realization is one of a number of ‘superpowers’ you possess; the deep drivers you benefited from as you learned to walk. You can find out about all eight of your “hidden superpowers” and start creating the results that matter to you and for you today by downloading the first 2 chapters of RESULTS for free at www.JamieSmart.com/InstantResults
As you read the book, you’re going to discover how to…
• Clear your mind and increase your ability to get the results you desire
• Eliminate the obstacles that have been holding you back until now
• Amplify your influence and impact on other people
• Get results in a way that’s healthy, natural and enjoyable
To your increasing clarity and results!
Big love
Jamie
P.S. Your innate capacity for realization is one of a number of ‘superpowers’ you possess; the deep drivers you benefited from as you learned to walk.
You can find out about all eight of your “hidden superpowers” and start creating the results that matter to you and for you today by getting your copy of my brand new book ‘RESULTS: Think Less, Achieve More’ at www.JamieSmart.com/getresults
As you read the book, you’re going to discover how to…
- Clear your mind and increase your ability to get the results you desire
- Eliminate the obstacles that have been holding you back until now
- Amplify your influence and impact on other people
- Get results in a way that’s healthy, natural and enjoyable
Click the link below now to get your copy of the book and start getting RESULTS today!
To your increasing clarity and results!
Big love