Outside voices are the feelings, wants and opinions of others that ring so loudly in your ears, you can't hear anymore what's true for yourself .. when outside voices take over, they keep you from knowing and trusting the best guide you have, your own inner experience .. Needing other people makes us feel vulnerable, and feeling vulnerable causes our outside voices to go into veritable feeding frenzies. In fact, if you're in the midst of an outside-voice attack, there's a good chance you've done, tried to do, or were thinking about doing, something very vulnerable for you. .Helene G. Brenner
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Understanding that our inner voice is our best guide can be difficult because it seems like what others think is more important than what we think. But the truth is, when our inner voice is quieted, we can't hear it anymore. We become so overwhelmed by outside voices that we become numb to what's true for us. This makes it hard to know what's right for us because we can't trust ourselves anymore.
The opposite of vulnerability is not strength but the opposite of lack of sensitivity. For example, a company needs a new product or a new direction. We need to go back to our core values and our deepest vision statement and ask ourselves, “What kind of company do we want to be? What do we truly believe about the purpose of our business?” If you don't know or if your values are being challenged, you're vulnerable.
You need to go back to your core values and your deepest vision statement and ask yourself, “What kind of company do we want to be? What do we truly believe about the purpose of our business?” If you don't know or if your values are being challenged, you're vulnerable.
Source: Ph.d
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