The Modern Consciousness® NEAT Formula: Unlocking Your Potential through Awareness in Four Easy Steps

As a successful entrepreneur or executive, you’ve likely achieved a lot in your life. But even then, there are times when things feel overwhelming or you notice yourself stuck in patterns you don’t really want to keep repeating.

The good news is, you have more control over that than you may think.

The Modern Consciousness® NEAT formula is a simple way to bring more awareness to what’s happening in any situation and shift it. NEAT stands for Notice, Examine, Attend and Transform.  Let’s walk through that now.

 

N – Notice

Notice what is happening.

The first step is simply becoming aware of your thoughts, beliefs, feelings, behaviors, and reactions. This is the place to start when something feels off or isn’t producing the outcome you want.

Notice:

• when you experience a negative thought or emotion (and if it’s an emotion, notice the thought behind it)
• when a limiting belief shows up
• when your behavior isn’t producing the result you want
• when you overreact to a situation

And one important thing here—don’t judge yourself. The goal isn’t to pile on more negativity. It’s to become aware. That’s it. Why? We can’t address anything if we aren’t aware of it.

 

E – Examine

Once you notice it, take a moment to examine it.

• What triggered it?
• Why do you believe that?
• When did that pattern start?
• What are you contributing to the situation?

Asking questions about what you’re noticing is how you gain clarity.  Again, no judgment. Just honest awareness from the space of curiosity.

 

A – Attend

Now that you’ve noticed and examined it, it’s time to attend to it. This is where you bring your attention and energy to what needs to shift.

In many cases, what we’re experiencing is a signal that something in our life is out of alignment. With our values, our priorities, or contradictory to what we actually desire to be creating in our lives.

So again, ask yourself some questions like: What needs to change here? Do I need to set a boundary or shift a belief?  Who and what will support me in overcoming this? If I need to take action, big or small, what specific actions do I need to take?

 

T – Transform

This is where change becomes real. Transformation happens by doing what you’ve already identified—over and over again—until it becomes your new way of operating.

You’ve noticed it.
You’ve examined it.
You know what needs to shift.

Now, each time the situation comes up, you catch it… and redirect yourself in the direction you’ve chosen.

Again and again.

And, with time, that becomes your new pattern.

This process doesn’t always require hours of reflection. Sometimes you can do it in real time—by pausing, stepping back, or simply noticing what’s happening and choosing differently in the moment.

But sometimes… it does go deeper.

Sometimes it requires you to slow down, take a closer look, and really understand what’s underneath what you’re experiencing.

And if that’s the case, give yourself the space to do that. Because if you don’t come back to it, the pattern will continue.

Transformation isn’t always easy. But it can be simple.

 

The NEAT process is one you can use again and again, in any area of your life. But if you’re ready to take a deeper look at where you are and how you’re currently showing up in your life, I invite you to explore my Clarity Sequence™.

Because sometimes awareness happens in the moment… and sometimes it helps to have a more intentional process—one that gives you the structure and the questions to take what you’re seeing and really work through it.

 

Positively Empowering You®,
Stacie