Consider this common scenario: A team member receiving feedback from a leader becomes combative and quarrelsome. Unprepared for this reaction, the leader becomes extremely uncomfortable and doesn’t know what to say or do in response. They clam up and wait for a quick exit from the conversation.
That ego is always going to work to protect you from experiencing what you’ve perceived as stress or trauma.
You’ve got to actively work to keep those base emotions from being the loudest voice defining your reality. Sometimes you need to thank your ego for showing up but tell it - “I’ve got this.”
Is this the root of most of procrastination?
Not poor time management...
Not because of laziness...
But THIS?
That ego is always going to work to protect you from experiencing what you’ve perceived as stress or trauma.
You’ve got to actively work to keep those base emotions from being the loudest voice defining your reality. Sometimes you need to thank your ego for showing up but tell it - “I’ve got this.”