The Power We Forgot
Bottom Line Up Front: This isn't traditional business thinking, but it's the missing piece that separates breakthrough leaders from those trapped in reactive patterns. The power to consciously direct your mind—dismissed as "soft skills" or mysticism—is actually the ultimate competitive advantage that ancient strategists understood and modern neuroscience is finally proving. Leaders who reclaim this forgotten power create extraordinary results while their competitors remain limited by outdated mental programming.
Our minds are the perfect blend of innovation, technology and a little bit of magic.
Our minds are designed to make us unstoppable, yet over the centuries we have forgotten that power. Until now.
I've spent my life working with advanced technologies in high-tech and bio-tech. Yet it was only after I recovered memories of childhood torture that I began to fully appreciate the amazing technology and magic, right here in my mind.
Business Reality Check: I know this doesn't sound like typical business strategy. But after 30+ years of launching 300+ companies and advising executives on breakthrough performance, I can tell you that this "forgotten power" is the difference between leaders who create extraordinary results and those who remain trapped in reactive, limitation-based thinking.
I'm sharing this post because the lessons I've learned about our forgotten power have changed my life and many others. In our madcap business world, I believe that we can create the strategic experience we want, no matter what market conditions surround us. We've simply forgotten our power, with a lot of help from societal and business programming that teaches us to be victims of circumstances rather than creators of reality.
The Power We Forgot
The technology of our human minds is the power to literally direct our lives. To shift from surviving to thriving, from feeling unworthy to knowing we are unstoppable. Our minds are magnificently designed to serve us in ways we were never taught, that most of us don't really know about.
We have the power to create our lives, to use our minds to direct our futures.
When we know how to use them.
Strategic Application: In business terms, this is the difference between leaders who create market opportunities versus those who only respond to market conditions. The executives who shape industries rather than just compete within them. The visionaries who build breakthrough companies while their competitors struggle with incremental improvements.
How Did We Get Here?
Instead, we've been taught to believe out-dated, turn of the 20th century psychology (yes, that's over one hundred years old) that withers in the face of modern neuroscience.
Business Programming: We've also been taught outdated business thinking that keeps leaders reactive: "market forces control outcomes," "we must adapt to external conditions," "success depends on factors beyond our control." This programming creates victim mentality in executive suites—brilliant leaders who feel powerless to create breakthrough results.
Ancient alchemists, esoteric scientists and magicians, the wizards in our "fairy tales" of old, already knew the truths about our minds, truths that we are only uncovering today. They used different words, focused more on the power being magic rather than an innate human design. Today many pooh pooh their wisdom. Yet they understood the powers of our minds. They used them to accomplish tasks that we still wonder at today.
Historical Strategic Context: These weren't just mystics—they were advisors to kings, pharaohs, and empire builders. They understood that the mind's power to create reality was the ultimate strategic advantage. Today we call them consultants, coaches, and strategic advisors, but the principle remains: those who understand and harness mental technology create extraordinary results.
Across the globe, ancient wise men realized the same powers, wrote about them, created esoteric doctrines that are so similar in their fundamentals. From the Qabalah, or Secret Wisdom of Israel, and Rosicrucianism, to the schools of Esoteric Buddhism across Tibet, China and India, to the various European schools emerging in the 14th century, to the Kahunas of Hawaii, and the Toltecs of South America. The ancient wisemen created esoteric sciences and practices that aligned with and used the inherent power of our minds.
Many believe the fairy tales and stories of their amazing works are fiction and fantasy. I don't. I believe the ancients studied and understood these powers, wrote about them, and were free to use them as the "magicians" to the kings, pharaohs, and gods.
Then things changed. I have my own suspicions about why this power was suddenly hidden from mere mortals. But that's another story.
When We Forgot
For whatever reasons, our innate mind design and resulting powers were no longer discussed openly. Anyone who shared those powers was scorned, branded as a witch and burned at the stake, stoned, skinned alive or worse. Or they were called insane and shunned as their crazy selves.
Business Parallel: Today, leaders who talk about conscious creation, mental programming, or mind-directed results are often dismissed as "too woo-woo" for serious business. We're taught that "hard skills" matter while "soft skills" are secondary. This programming keeps most executives from accessing their greatest competitive advantage—the power to consciously direct their mental technology.
Humans were taught we are less, that we are all broken, dependent on an external force or forces for grace, in debt to that force for our very lives. Little by little we forgot our powers and succumbed to our programming.
Executive Conditioning: Business leaders are taught similar limitation programming: "success depends on market conditions," "we're victims of economic forces," "breakthrough results require luck." This conditioning creates reactive executives who wait for permission, for perfect conditions, for external validation—instead of consciously creating the results they want.
As the centuries passed, we forgot the powerful beings we were meant to be. Some retained the knowledge, passed it down to the select few who continued to create magical, outstanding lives. The powers of our innate mind designs were forgotten by mere mortals.
Business Impact: The Power in Action
Throughout my strategic consulting career, I've witnessed the extraordinary results when leaders reclaim this forgotten power:
The "Impossible" Market Creation: A biotech CEO was told by every expert that his target market didn't exist. Instead of accepting limitation, he used mental technology to envision and create the market reality he wanted. He programmed his mind for breakthrough possibilities, directed his attention toward unmet needs, and consciously created partnerships that seemed impossible. Result: $500M market that "didn't exist" three years ago.
The Turnaround Transformation: A manufacturing company was hemorrhaging money, with consultants recommending closure. The new CEO refused to accept "realistic" limitation programming. She used ancient wisdom principles wrapped in modern strategy: conscious reality creation, mental reprogramming for breakthrough solutions, and directing collective attention toward possibility rather than problems. The company became profitable within 18 months and was acquired for 10x projected value.
The Innovation Breakthrough: A software team was stuck in incremental thinking, unable to envision breakthrough solutions. I taught them to use their forgotten power—the ability to consciously create new realities rather than just respond to existing conditions. They stopped accepting "that's impossible" and started programming their minds for breakthrough innovation. They developed technology that redefined their entire industry.
The Partnership Magic: I've watched executives create "magical" business relationships by understanding that consciousness creates reality. Instead of hoping for good partnerships, they consciously directed their mental technology toward collaborative possibility. They programmed their minds to see and create win-win scenarios that seemed impossible to linear thinking. These leaders consistently create partnerships that their competitors call "lucky breaks."
The Strategic Vision Manifestation: A startup founder was told her vision was "unrealistic" by investors and advisors. Instead of shrinking her vision to fit "realistic" limitations, she used the forgotten power to consciously create the reality she envisioned. She programmed her mind for extraordinary outcomes, directed her attention toward breakthrough possibilities, and used ancient principles wrapped in modern business strategy. Her "unrealistic" vision became a billion-dollar company.
The pattern is consistent: leaders who reclaim their forgotten power—the ability to consciously direct their minds and create reality—achieve results that seem magical to those trapped in reactive, limitation-based thinking.
Remember
Many of us are remembering our power. Right now. The renaissance of spiritual focus is supported by modern neuroscience as it unearths evidence that explains the how behind the "fantasy" of ancient wisdom and practices.
Business Renaissance: We're also seeing a business renaissance where breakthrough leaders are quietly using these principles wrapped in modern strategic language. They're creating "impossible" results by understanding that consciousness directs experience, that mental programming creates business reality, and that the power to direct their minds is their ultimate competitive advantage.
We are in the midst of a magnificent blending of modern science with ancient wisdom and knowledge, a blending that promises to change each of our worlds.
Strategic Integration: Today's most successful leaders are unconsciously using ancient principles: visualization (strategic planning), mental programming (culture creation), attention direction (resource allocation), and reality creation (market development). They just don't call it magic—they call it strategy.
We are learning yet again how to be Unstoppable.
Your Strategic Choice: Will you remain trapped in reactive business thinking that makes you a victim of market conditions, or will you reclaim the forgotten power that makes you a conscious creator of business results?
This isn't mysticism—it's the ultimate business technology that ancient advisors understood and modern neuroscience is proving. The power has always been there. We just forgot how to use it.
Ready to reclaim the forgotten power that separates breakthrough leaders from reactive managers? This ancient wisdom, validated by modern neuroscience, may be the missing piece in your strategic arsenal.
