FIELD NOTES

Weekly Coordinates from the Edge of Next: A 5-minute check-in to help you originate the conditions where what’s right becomes inevitable.

ORIENTATION: From Solving to Creating

What if solving the problem is what’s keeping it in place?

“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” — Rumi

You’ve mastered the art of fixing. Diagnosing. Resolving what’s broken. It’s made you effective. Respected. Needed.

But sometimes, that same skill becomes the ceiling. You become so good at solving the current problem, you forget how to imagine beyond it.

Creation doesn’t come from control. It comes from letting go of the blueprint—and letting something emerge.

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TODAY'S SHIFT POINT

The impulse to fix can be a form of avoidance. Especially for ambitious leaders trained to outperform.

Most of us were raised on problem-solving. The reward system is clear: find the issue, fix it, win.

But creation has a different physics. It doesn’t wait for perfection. It doesn’t need full clarity. It starts anyway—because it trusts the act of making as its own form of knowing.

Solving preserves the old map. Creating makes a new one.

And if you feel stuck right now, it might be because the solution isn’t what’s next.
The act of origination is.

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TRY THIS: THE 3-MINUTE GENERATIVE SHIFT

Why it matters: When we default to fixing, we reinforce the current frame. Creating disrupts the frame—and opens new space.

Here’s how to practice:

1. Notice: What problem have you been trying to fix that feels familiar...maybe even repetitive?

2. Flip it: Ask, “If this wasn’t mine to solve—what would I want to create instead?”

3. Feel it: Let your attention move from the tension of the problem to the possibility of what wants to emerge.

4. Sketch: Without editing, describe or draw the energy, feeling, or form of what you’d build if you weren’t bound by fixing.

This isn’t about abandoning responsibility. It’s about expanding possibility.

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WHAT THIS UNLOCKS

Solving gives you answers. Creating gives you a new world.

You don’t need to be certain before you begin. You just need to be willing to be in relationship with what wants to be born.

Presence becomes possibility. Not through planning—but through participation.

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REFLECT + RIPPLE

• What’s one dynamic you’ve been trying to fix that might want to be reimagined?

• What becomes available when you shift from “what’s wrong?” to “what could be?”

• Who else needs to hear this today?

Reply, comment, or journal privately—your reflection is part of the field.

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WHY THIS WORKS (AND WHY IT MATTERS)

This Field Note helps you:

• Surface the unseen trap of identity-as-fixer

• Reframe resistance as a signal—not of failure, but of emergence

• Shift from reactive optimization to generative origination

• Recover agency through imaginative action—not just strategic thought

The Setup: You’re solving what’s already dying.
The Shift: You start creating what wants to live.
The Outcome: You stop managing problems—and start making futures.

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CLOSING SIGNAL

Return to what’s true.
Originate what’s next.