The Direction of Intention

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Here’s a quote from Buckminster Fuller, “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”

Amen. How many times in my life have I burned down the house thinking it would lead to change only to rebuild a new house that was a replica of the old one. Yikes!

There are a few simple rules for change and building a new model rather than fighting the old is one of those simple rules – it applies to big complex systems like education or insurance reform, to smaller complex systems like relationships and even smaller complex systems like individual people who want to change something in their lives: fighting the old thing never brings about the change you seek.

The word to notice is complexity; a characteristic that is present whenever people are involved. Creating something new requires a step into uncertainty and imagination. It takes something as complex as a human being to invest time and energy railing against what they don’t want. Resistance is often a strategy to avoid stepping into the unknown, a tactic of steering clear of ‘what might be possible.’ Think of it this way: resistance requires no responsibility.

Truly powerful people ask these questions: Are you moving toward what you want to create or are you living in resistance of what you don’t want? Are you invested in what you get out of life or are you paying attention to what you bring to it?

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