“The awakened person chooses what to become attached to.” - Bill Harris
Issue #509 – Monday, January 5, 2026
There’s something powerful about the start of a new year.
That’s because for a brief moment, we’re more open to change, to possibility and to the idea that this could be the turning point where we can truly start improving our lives.
But here’s what I’ve learned over decades of personal growth work, leadership, and raising a family…
A new year doesn’t change your life by itself.
It’s the choices you make during the year that really matter.
That’s why I wanted to kick off 2026 by sharing one of my favorite essays from Centerpointe Founder Bill Harris.
Bill reveals the single most important ingredient for creating your best year ever.
It’s not motivation, willpower or discipline. It’s not even goals or New Years Resolutions.
It’s choice!
Bill shows you how most people live on autopilot without realizing it… and how one simple inner shift can give you back control, clarity and forward momentum in a way that feels almost effortless.
This teaching is woven into the very DNA of Centerpointe and Holosync. It’s one of the core reasons our work has helped people transform their lives for over three decades.
And as you step into 2026, I can’t think of a better message to start with.
Let’s make this your best year ever.
MaryEllen Tribby
Centerpointe CEO
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Your Best Year Ever: The Secret Tool
by Bill Harris, Founder
Centerpointe Research Institute
I’ll tell you up front. The secret tool, the one most elusive ingredient to achievement...
...is choice.
Yep. That’s it. All you need is choice. And if you are living on autopilot, as 90-some percent of the human population are…
...then you truly don’t have choice.
Even though you may think you do, I’m here to tell you that most of your decisions are driven by ghosts rattling around in the closet of your brain.
You must, must, MUST shine a light on these apparitions–these quiet, wounded voices–that are driving your decisions.
And when you do, they vanish. I promise.
If this sounds inspiring, optimistic, powerful or even just a little bit curious to you…
...then you will definitely want to read the entire article, because what I’m going to describe to you will change your life.
So, let’s jump in. You’ve got a whole New Year ahead of you and dreams waiting to come true!
Awareness Creates Choice
Witness your life, your circumstances, your reactions and emotional triggers, from a detached and curious standpoint.
When faced with uncomfortable feelings (the result, either consciously or unconsciously, of not letting “what is” be okay), the best course of action is to mentally step aside and, with great curiosity…
...watch yourself have the feeling or behavior.
You might say to yourself: “There I am, doing _______.” Or, “There I am feeling ____. How interesting!”
The act of stepping aside helps create conscious awareness, because it keeps you from becoming lost in the feelings or behaviors, or your mental analysis of them.
It makes it much more difficult to continue suffering. In fact, when you truly observe your situation with awareness, your resistance (and subsequent suffering)…
...automatically dissolves.
Because you simply cannot watch with awareness and suffer at the same time.
This is one of the most important principles you may ever learn:
It is not what is happening outside of you that causes your suffering. Rather, it is YOUR RESISTANCE to it that gives you pain.
Without resistance you cannot create suffering.
This watching needs to be done, however, without attachment to the outcome. In other words, you must objectively and curiously watch what is happening - not to change anything, but just to notice what is happening.
The ability to step aside and watch yourself as you feel and act is an acquired skill that takes time and practice to develop, but it will totally change your life.
Meditation naturally develops your ability to become the witness.
Choice Creates Willpower
Awareness allows you to see your situation, and your reaction to it, with detachment and clarity. This, in turn, automatically vanquishes those “ghosts in the closet”...
...those damaged voices that are telling you things like:
Success is only for the lucky and the chosen few
I don’t have the time (money, energy, education)
I have more important things to do right now
So-and-so won’t like it if I do this
I don’t know the next step
My dream is impossible
I can do this...tomorrow
I cannot do this at all
I don’t know how
I always fail
These, and other, whispering voices have sabotaged the things you want most in life…
...for years!
And the good news gets better: When you are watching with awareness, you automatically choose what is BEST for you. You cannot continue to do something harmful to yourself…
...and do it consciously.
All those voices of self-sabotage disappear in the bright light of awareness, and your willpower rises like a phoenix from the ashes, propelling you forward…
...beyond the limitations of fear and doubt.
Scientists have also recently discovered which parts of the brain involve willpower, and how you can have more of it.
I would be remiss if I didn’t emphasize here that meditation increases the strength of your prefrontal cortex, the seat of your willpower, as well as your executive control…
...giving you more clarity and more choice.
(And you already know that Holosync® increases your meditation results 8X).
Willpower is a powerful weapon against procrastination, self-doubt and fear, all of which sabotage your dreams.
Because anything is possible, including your dreams! I promise. Which leads me to:
Willpower Makes You Unstoppable
The singular trait that all successful people have in common is this one simple thing:
They don’t stop until they achieve what they set out to do.
They don’t give up. They don’t whine when it gets difficult. They don’t stop in their tracks when the next best move isn’t obvious.
They just keep moving.
They don’t give up at setbacks, they don’t get discouraged with obstacles in their path, and they don’t let failure–even repeated failures–kill their dreams.
In fact, failure teaches them.
They learn from their mistakes, they make course-corrections, they adapt and overcome.
And they carry on.
So please, as this New Year begins, carve your goals in concrete. Watch yourself react to setbacks and failures. Observe those voices that sabotage your efforts.
And have your best year ever.
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Wise Words
“It is not what is happening outside of you that causes your suffering. Rather, it is YOUR RESISTANCE to it that gives you pain.”
- Bill Harris
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