6 Irresistible Reasons To Stop Explaining Yourself
Jennifers parents didnt approve of her choice to hire a coach now that her new business was up and running
. Jennifer was expecting a long letter from them filled with judgments about her irresponsibility first, with starting this crazy business and second, with paying someone for advice. As she waited for that letter, she was figuring out what she would write back.
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My client Sylvia just bought her dream house. She avoided telling her father about it for fear that he would judge her, call her irresponsible and proceed to describe her imminent demise. She finally did email her father and tell hi. On our call, she told me that she was waiting for his reaction gearing up to explain her choice to him.
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Now, there are some people who might read these stories and think, Are you kiddin me? Who cares what anyone thinks about your houses or coaches or anything??!
If this is you, then read no further. This article is not for you.
Im writing this for the explainers out there. And it doesnt matter if you explain to parents, partners, or priests. You know who you are!
Youve heard about the benefits of going Complaint-Free, right? Well, today, were going to talk about going Explaint-Free!
And here are 6 irresistible reasons to do just that:
1 Waiting Drains Your Energy.
When Im coaching an explainer, I can see that much of her energy goes to the act of waiting.
* She waits for judgment.
* She waits for people to get her before shell take action.
* She waits for people to approve of her choice.
* She waits for criticism.
This literally drains her creative life force. Both women in the examples above were losing energy waiting for criticism.
Heres your first big challenge: Give up the non-activity of waiting.
2 You Need to Learn to Trust your Choices.
Explaining robs you of empowerment.
Our decisions teach us valuable lessons about intuition and instinct. RARELY do our clear decisions come from our mental activity. Gut instinct is clearer than our critical minds.
When we explain ourselves, however, we move away from the place of deep trust in our intuition and into the realm of mental activity where the choice didnt come from in the first place! Weve suddenly stopped honoring and trusting ourselves and started creating a pattern of mental activity as we question our choices.
3 Explaining Blocks Creativity.
Creativity means youre the Creator of your life. Youre a Creator. Not a Reactor. When you explain yourself, you become a Reactor. You cant live in both realms at once. They contradict each other. Living in a state of reaction causes you to cut off the flow of creativity.
4 Disapproval is a Great Opportunity.
Huh? Yes, Im serious about this!
Becoming an adult in the deepest sense is about learning to take responsibility for your actions and choices. Sometimes that means other people wont like these actions and choices. And what a great opportunity people provide when they do that!
I once heard a relationship coach say that love can sometimes mean letting your partner be disappointed in your choices. Think about that. Can you stand in your body and love someone enough to allow them not be happy with a choice youre making?
5 Explainers Endorse Irresponsibility.
People who take personal responsibility for their lives do not blame others (or themselves) for their unhappiness, for their life situations, or for their financial state, etc. Instead, they recognize that they created it, and they can un-create or re-create anything. Its an empowering place to live.
Many people do not live in this level of personal responsibility. They are too busy blaming other people, taking other peoples inventory, and looking outside themselves for their happiness. Author Byron Katie calls this minding other peoples business instead of your own.
Your choice to explain yourself teaches other people that its okay not to take responsibility, and that its okay to mind your business instead of their own.
Your explaints actually perpetuate the pattern of irresponsibility!
6 Explainers Play Small. Its Time to Play Big.
Explainers are waiting for permission, or approval, or for people to get their choices. So much unhappiness and depression comes from a lifetime of waiting for these meaningless things. Its the ultimate meaning of Playing Small.
Playing Big means you trust in yourself enough to make lots of mistakes and keep going anyway, no matter what people say to you. Playing Big means being clear, and making decisions from your soul. And, by the way, your soul doesnt feel the need to explain anything!
by: Christine Kane
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