We discussed the need to become clear about what you wish to change, and then various ideas on how to do this. For confidentiality, the snippets below only contain my ideas, but contributions from clients included:
- Breathing, in 4, hold 4, out 4. Alternatively, in 3, hold 4 and out 7. Basically, find a way to pause and focus on even breathing for a while.
- Stepping out, and distracting yourself in some way.
- Searching for the positive intent.
- Pause to think, “Does it matter?”
- Draft the email but don’t send it.
The final part I proposed a new process called Restoring the Logic that was well received, and one client this week reported significant improvement by using the process (many times!).
The Goal
Interruption
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