You’ve seen and experienced this. You have some big ah-ha moment – from a seminar, while on vacation, from a course – and it changes everything.

“All this time, I should have been leading from my heart!”
“I need to forgive and move on!”
“This is the answer I’ve been looking for for years!”

I’m happy you’ve had your insight.

But keep in mind Jeremiah 17:9 – the heart is deceitful. If nothing changes, then your epiphany wasn’t real. Your brain is tricking you. I don’t know why – maybe it’s a way of protecting yourself, or perhaps it’s a test.

Either way, if it feels profound but changes little in how you act, it’s vapour.

Horrifying stuff. You could spend a lot of time, effort and money chasing self-improvement that ends up being meaningless.

There are ways to avoid this.

The first is to test. Test, test, test. Apply your epiphany. If it yields something radically new, great! Genuine changes lead to improvements. You should see different numbers, or have folks respond to you differently.

That’s a solid approach, a bright idea.

But if only there were a way to get better epiphanies in the first place. Changing practically at random and then tracking your results sounds slow, painful, clumsy and doomed.

Or…

The best epiphanies are about subtraction, not addition. They’re about abandoning some unhelpful belief or habit, not adding something new. And I just so happen to know a few brilliant ways of popping bad ideas and letting something new grow in their place.

If you’re not into personal growth, you won’t appreciate that. Anyone serious about their capabilities, though, you see the value in outgrowing what no longer serves you.

My call to action is the same as everyone’s. If you’re interested in learning more, reach out. If not, take this idea and apply it yourself. There’s some real magic here.