Knowing you have a problem isn't the same as fixing it. Awareness is necessary but not enough; you need concrete action like seeking support or counseling. The speaker is writing a book called Awareness about why understanding your issues matters, but staying stuck in awareness without moving forward is insanity.
Awareness is not enough to create lasting change, but at least the stepping stone to creating change. I'm busy writing a new book called Awareness, and the book itself is all about really understanding. You cannot change anything in your life. You cannot change your drug addiction, your addiction to bad behaviors in your business, alcohol addiction or whatever until you have awareness. When you have awareness, then you can start to look for opportunities to get support, maybe go and attend a seminar, get counseled, whatever it might be. But awareness is a stepping stone. But if you have awareness and you do nothing, that's insanity. For me, the awareness is where it starts. Because once you've got that, you can fix it. But until you become aware, guess what? You'll stay in the same place, hoping that things will change. And guess what? Most of the time they don't or they get worse.
