Humanity is at an inflection point

Living today, it's understandable for anyone to wake up in the morning and wonder what world they're living in. Is it a world of chaos and confusion, or a world of abundance and order? Is it a world that's crumbling, or a world that's struggling to be born?

In fact, it's both. Parallel realities -both a world that's passing away, and a world that's just beginning to emerge - exist side by side. A way of being that's no longer sustainable - that lacks alignment with the ways of nature, that directly or indirectly perpetrates hardship and violence on people and planet-is transforming. New economies, new forms of governance, new ways of being between and among us are revealing themselves. Humanity has reached an inflection point: we will continue in an unsustainable and malfunctional direction, or we will take a great evolutionary leap forward. We are living in an Age of Transformation, and it's the responsibility of leaders in every field to discern, and demonstrate, a better way.

The maps we've been using to navigate our organizational structures are inadequate guides to a peaceful and prosperous world. Leaders cannot look only to old, mechanistic strategies to chart a course for a successful future. For those paving the way to a better world, meditation can be as important as a business plan; understanding spiritual and psychological principles can be as important as a financial investment. Why? Because they represent additional layers of brain power, more creative ways of thinking and being. We cannot lead others into a more expansive experience of life if we have not reached for such expansion ourselves.


Yes, this is a time of change. But only we will decide what kind of change. Choosing not to decide, or choosing not to change, means effectively deciding for the worst possible outcomes. Why? Because inertia means the tendency of the object to move in the direction it's been moving. And too many trajectories that define world events today are spiraling in a downward direction. We must interrupt those trajectories, and we can. We can summon up the best of ourselves - not only intellectually, but also psychologically, emotionally, and spiritually - to achieve a healthier and more peaceful state within ourselves. Becoming new people, we will become new leaders. And from that, will come a new world.

(Marianne Williamson, #1 New York Times Best-Selling Author and Authority on Spirituality and Metaphysics; 2020 & 2024 Democratic Presidential Candidate, will be speaking at ET NOW Global Business Summit 2026 at Taj Palace, New Delhi)