In this session we continue through our work in “Leadership & Self Deception”. We have been introduced lately to a life-situation where Bud and his wife are laying in bed as he hears their son, an infant, cry out in the middle of the night.

The scene unfolds as Bud lays there and wants serve his wife take care of his son.  Then the battle of the mind launches. It is inevitable that we have all experienced a similar battle in our lives, most likely more than we would like to admit.

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Do you find yourself critical of others?

Do you feel disrespected, unappreciated?

Are those isolated situations or are they partnered together?

Can you identify a time when you had a sense of something you should do for someone but didn’t do it? What was that like?

What was the thinking pattern that unfolded as you went from “something you should do” to consciously deciding to not do what you felt like doing?

This can be a bit strange, but also alarming when we acknowledge it. The reality is there are many times we stay in self-deception and just walk around with a critical spirit of life, or we get depressed and wallow through our self-betrayal in victimization, pity, pain and depression (#3).  We get comfortable with being in the box.

This week

Be aware of times when you have a urge to do something and note how you respond. As you practice, capture your thoughts that define your response. You will begin to notice the battle in the mind is more common than we know.