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Leading from Stillness: Changing the Paradigm Within

By Christine O’Shaughnessy

We lead from where we live, internally.
Most of us are living out of old, unconscious patterns. Paradigms.

A paradigm is simply a collection of habits. Habits are deeply ingrained ideas stored in the subconscious mind that influence much of our behavior without our even noticing. We act, speak, react, and make decisions not from clarity, but from conditioning.

If we want to change our results, our leadership style, our relationships, or our lives, we must change our paradigm. And that change doesn’t happen by pushing harder or chasing something outside of ourselves. It begins in stillness.

It was meditation that first revealed to me the depth of my own habits—my reactions, my fears, my tendency to lead from pressure rather than presence. From that quiet space, I could finally see. And what we can see, we can change.

Without stillness, we lead from our circumstances.
With stillness, we lead from our strength.

Meditation cultivates the wisdom faculty of the mind. Each time we train our attention to return to the present moment, we strengthen our ability to choose. We stop living on autopilot and begin to respond with clarity, compassion, and courage.

This is the daily work of leading from within.
Slow down. Get still. Begin again.

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