“The future does not arrive from the outside.
The future is you.”
Most people believe
that the problems of the world must be solved from the top down.
Through laws.
Through institutions.
Through large, system-level decisions.
As if our lives were shaped by distant forces,
and we were merely carried along by them.
Yet every real change
always begins within.
In a faint realisation.
In a subtle inner tension: “this isn’t quite right.”
In an unexpected insight that stops us for a moment.
In a new way of tuning into the world.
Collective Capitalism and the Human Growth Model
were not born as economic models.
Not as political alternatives.
Not as movements.
But as an inner shift in resonance.
From the sensing that human beings are fundamentally good —
and that when they are not constrained by fear or scarcity,
they naturally connect,
co-operate,
and flourish.
The world changes
when something changes within a single person — within you.
Because a small inner movement
can rewrite hundreds of external structures.
That is why the tenth lesson is radically simple:
The system you are looking for begins within us.
And of the world we are building,
you are the first brick.
This realisation often appears
in the most ordinary situations.
These days, my work involves a lot of driving.
The company vehicles have limited top speeds.
They are larger than cars.
Blind spots require more attention.
I had to shift from my dynamic, car-style driving
to a more steadily moving, grandparent-like pace.
At first, I experienced this as having to learn patience.
Then a few insights arrived.
One was that I cannot expect other drivers
to pay as much attention,
or to enjoy driving as much as I do.
And then came this realisation:
When the road ahead is clear,
I move forward and enjoy the pace.
When it is not,
I am present in a different way —
I look around,
let others merge,
make space,
move with the flow of traffic.
I pay attention.
To those moments.
To that space.
To that presence.
My inner Zen master is not always with me —
but fortunately, they visit more and more often. 😜
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This story appears to be about driving.
But in truth,
it is about inner speed.
About letting go of control.
About learning patience.
About softening expectations.
About noticing the present moment.
About the fact that things do not always happen
the way we would like them to.
And in those moments, there are two paths:
to tighten —
or to breathe.
And when we recognise this,
the possibility of breathing opens up.
This is one of the greatest system-level changes
we can bring into the world:
when our inner tuning
becomes more peaceful.
Our inner Zen master begins to appear more often
because we have made space for them.
And when they are present,
the world around us changes too.
The essence of this core idea is the following:
the system begins within us —
and when it settles within us,
the world follows. ❤️