Own or justify? When it comes to your behaviour, do you own it? Or do you justify it?
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It’s easy when we’re confronted with our behaviour – whether it’s our reaction to something, whether we’ve done something wrong or neglected something – to justify our behaviour. To come up with all sorts of excuses as to why we did what we did.
Now, some of that might be reasonable, but when we justify our behaviour, it stops us from pausing and reflecting on why we really did what we did.
We don’t give ourselves a chance to grow and change; to transform our behaviour.
If we can, it’s great to stop and own our behaviour. To think that despite the circumstances; that was our reaction.
Next time you catch yourself justifying your behaviour, stop and own it instead.
Paul Clark’s musings can be heard on radio across Australia and at atthetop.org.au
