How Dare You!

February 19, 2010 by Mary Wynne-Wynter 

Picture 3 There’s an infinite amount of things about which to be righteously indignant. The ego loves it when you respond this way and rewards you with a jolt of satisfaction in the form of superiority and anxiety relief. Both are very temporary and you want the next hit which is only a mouse-click, channel-change, phone call, mail delivery, argument or interaction away.

Righteous indignation is a massive time-suck and a creativity killing monster. There’s a lot of advice about how to break the habit. But like diet advice and most resolutions, they’re failure methods because they don’t address the underlying intention: resistance.

I prefer this. When you feel yourself getting hooked have a talk with yourself and write it down, by hand on paper.

Ask yourself, how dare I:

  • not give form to my ideas, solutions and content that create a positive experience and energy that spreads
  • not reach out to somebody who needs my support and understanding
  • not still my mind to allow the creative insight and inspiration that is my birthright to come through me
  • not trust that there’s evolution happening and its my choice to be aligned with (leadership) or against it

These are suggestions; you get the idea.

When you hold up a mirror and employ a proprioceptive technique you’re much more likely to dislodge the resistance that shows up as the habit of righteous indignation.

I dare you!

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How Dare You
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