Meet Rationalization.
Let’s move up the energy ladder. After experiencing Defeat and then hearing from Judgment, we often meet the voice of Rationalization.
This one can sound calm, practical, and even wise—but often, it’s quietly working to keep you comfortable. If you’ve ever smoothed over your own discomfort or convinced yourself to stay in a situation that no longer serves you, Rationalization might be in the driver’s seat.
Rationalization’s role is to help you take responsibility for how you think and feel. This will help you reduce stress so that you can be productive and keep moving forward.
You will know Rationalization is doing its job when you hear yourself say any of the following:
“What can I do to let go of my frustration? How can I make this work to my benefit? What’s the silver lining here? Things can always be worse. I’m fine. It’s fine.”
As women leaders who want to make things happen, we use our Rationalization mindset a lot!
This can be both helpful and harmful to our success and happiness. In order to know the difference, your self-awareness will be key.
Looking at life from this perspective enables you to focus on what you can control. It gives you the ability to prioritize tasks and pick your battles so that you can make progress towards your desired goals. This Inner Board Member is a productive one, but you must beware of over-rationalizing things in your life.
When we constantly tell ourselves “We’re fine. Things are fine,” and they’re really not fine, guess what happens? We get sucked into the low-vibe energies of fear, judgment, and frustration. We incessantly tolerate the things we want to change because it’s easier to stay in our comfort zone. We accept mediocrity, avoid challenges, and we stop evolving.
Yes, change is scary but it also elevates our leadership and leads to incredible possibilities. And the world needs the change that fearless women leaders can bring.
Next up is your Inner Board Member, Service.