Awareness comes  through a realisation, a sudden understanding of something that we didn’t previously notice.

Awareness exists in different states of consciousness. 

We have control when alerted to something that we already know how to act on or ignore. Like forgetting to phone someone.

There are situations where others know what to do and can help us. We then seek to influence them by making offers and requests to pursue a shared purpose.  Like promising to take action to help someone out.

There are also things that can happen about which we know nothing. An unexpected event makes us curious and gets us thinking differently. It can generate insights. New possibilities emerge that we were previously  ignorant of, which then changes the way we act.

Why do we fail to see what others see?  Often it’s because we are biased in our assessments, we make untrue assumptions or fail to ask the right questions.

Understanding these different states of awareness can help us find new ways of knowing and doing things that work better for us. We have more choices when we are aware of what is happening around us.

1. What facts must we accept to control our actions?

2. What actions can we influence to get better outcomes?

3. What actions should we wonder about to reveal our ignorance and make it a generator of new possibilities?

Our action, even our non-action, reflects the level of awareness we have over what we  control, influence or ignore. They emerge from what we notice or question from what we see, hear and feel.  The greater our capacity for self-awareness the greater is our potential to generate our desired future.

We seek to grow by  controlling, influencing and overcoming our ignorance, through well chosen conversations and relationships.

An enhanced awareness produces actions that have a bigger impact, simply because they build connection and trust. The bigger the influence we can secure from others, the more we will value our ignorance as a way of making things happen.