The cost of being superficial

The superficial culture of ‘seen it, read it, know it ’ runs the real risk of turning us into a human collective of jack of all trades, masters of nothing.

Being superficial does not allow you and your team to use your real intrapersonal potential.

WHY IS BEING SUPERFICIAL SLOWLY KILLING YOUR BUSINESS / CAREER?

There exists a universal skill that each of us already possesses. This skill is the only "thing" that enables us to take notice and to dig deep into something. When reading is a general skill that enables us to learn other skills, then this is a meta-skill that enables us to acquire all other skills (including reading).

Do you know what it is?

Have you discovered it?

WHAT? Every time when you notice something or want to dig deep, you use a special quality that is different from the thinking mind – awareness.

WHY? The use of awareness is essential if we aim to find adequate and workable solutions to our unique challenges present in our time-starved lives, not only temporary quick fixes that are compensatory in nature.

WHY ARE GOOD TIPS NOT ENOUGH?

BUT... Articles and YouTube videos, with titles like ‘5 Tips to a Well-motivated Team’ and ‘How to Change Your Whole Life Around in 5 Easy Steps’, are superficial. They are shallow and often leave the impression that there is a magic pill to achieving what you want, without actual effort or practice. They tell you what you want to achieve, but not how.

If no actual change ensues, then it’s the false impression (of knowing how to reach the goal) that you have been left with, while how to exactly reach your goal remains vague and impractical.

AHA! During moments when you left superficiality behind and took the moment to dig deeper, you used awareness. You did it even if you didn't differentiate it from the thinking mind at that time.

Every time you received a truly game-changing and deeply transformative insight, its source was again awareness.

Insights become accessible only when your mind is calm, and you are actively using awareness.

We remind you that being superficial restricts your access to awareness and limits your potential. It keeps you in the old habitual pattern loop, which is often unhealthy and leads to stress, anxiety, and mental health problems.

To empower you to make use of the tool of awareness more often, more deliberately, and consciously is why education about intrapersonal skills has been developed. Now it has been brought to you on this website as easy-to-use online courses.
 

What would you drop immediately, out of all the things you are already doing, if you were not blind to the results of your actions? How would it change your focus?

 

WHY CHOOSE AWARENESS?

Awareness is your practical ability to notice what is going on. Awareness empowers as it enables people to take responsibility for their choices and actions. It allows you to have access to creativity, intuition and initiative. This, in turn, boosts innovation and enhances the ability to lead yourself and others.

What would happen if you learned to use awareness deliberately?

What would happen if people were more aware of what they do?

Take a moment and reflect on it!

It is up to you to gain this universal knowledge. Knowing how to be aware and directing your awareness at will is something that never loses value. It gives consciousness a practical application in your daily life.

Your awareness will help you to notice how to make use of all other knowledge and professional skills. It is up to you to enable your team to learn the real benefits of awareness and awareness-based intrapersonal skills.

 

"For me, awareness helps to understand what is going on and to notice things around me that I did not notice before."   Hannes Linno, Head of IT, FCR Media

 

The best part? 

All Wellness Orbit e-trainings are based on awareness and enable you to understand what it is and how to use it in real-life situations.

The fully digital mental wellness e-training courses in this mental wellness gym include:

• self-evaluation tests with instant feedback, both before and after the training; 
• video-based guided training practice sessions;
• quizzes based on the actual training session;
• workbook for planning and executing your habit change.

CONCLUSION – CONTINUE BEING SUPERFICIAL OR DISCOVER YOUR AWARENESS

Just come and choose the practical intrapersonal training topic that is most beneficial for your team and start now.

Why now?

Only when you invest in mind health training can you end the superficial mode.

It matters because continuation of business as usual, in the subconscious and superficial autopilot mode, is what is the source of hidden loss-making, conflicts, and toxic relationships that fuel, in turn, stress, burnout, depression, anxiety disorders, and other mental and physical health issues. We give your people practical inner tools to nip mental health issues in the bud, but it needs to start with reducing stress levels and burnout prevention.

Removing subconscious inner reactivity is possible, but this demands that you understand processes in your inner domain. The courses on this site enable this and take it even a step further by giving you the undrtsanding with what you can lead all those processes.

Awareness and Intrapersonal skills based conscious decision-making can uplift your team's engagement, productivity, and improve work culture and human relations.

Click and discover how to use your true potential – your awareness.

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This blog post is co-authored by Dr. HelenaLass and Chad Palmer. Updated 11.12.2025