Jill Turner's Key Ideas from Boundless Leadership
by Joe Loizzo, Elazar Aslan

• Balance involves continuously re-centering oneself when external or internal forces push us to extremes.
• It enables equanimity and fluid, agile responsiveness rather than a rigid, moderate stance.
• Balance allows catching ourselves when off-center and returning to centered presence.

Ordinary awareness filters experience through implicit biases.

Unbiased awareness sees reality as it is, without preconceptions or programming swaying perception.

It is present to nuance and complexity without judgment.

Discernment is the ability to perceive, understand, and judge things clearly, especially those that are not obvious or straightforward.

Discernment emerges from unbiased awareness. It involves seeing the whole panorama clearly and recognizing what matters most within complex contexts.

Discernment enables sound analysis and assessment of information.

• Clarity reveals conflicting intentions underlying actions.
• Consciously choosing an aligning lead intention, instead of trying to satisfy conflicting needs, increases impact.
• When intentions align, the result of actions is empowered.

Being present and grounded in the here and now allows our brains to shift out of reactive, survival mode and into a more expansive, flexible mammalian mode.

When we pay mindful attention to our bodies in the present moment, we receive mostly reassuring cues that we are alive and well.

This diet of safety cues over time lets us ground our minds in reassurance, creating the clarity and open awareness conducive to nimble attention and broad consciousness.

Our actions and efforts are directed by intentions, whether conscious or unconscious. When intentions conflict, it diminishes our effectiveness. For example, trying to simultaneously satisfy needs for connection and control results in confused actions.

• Bringing full awareness to our intentions allows consciously choosing the one that best serves our interests.
• When we align our intentions, the impact of our choices and efforts flows from clarity of purpose.