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"I Have Some Demons"

Name: "I Have Some Demons"
Uploaded: 2025-12-11T01:15:05+00:00
Duration: 21 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this brief monologue, the speaker recounts a coaching encounter with a young employee who described having "demons" and a tendency to self‑sabotage…

11 Dec 2025 · 0 min

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In this brief monologue, the speaker recounts a coaching encounter with a young employee who described having "demons" and a tendency to self‑sabotage. The speaker interprets the employee’s language as a lack of learned behavioral responses in challenging situations. Rather than focusing on the metaphorical "demons," the speaker proposes a straightforward, exposure‑based approach: deliberately place the employee in the problematic conditions and teach the correct actions through direct experience. The narrative emphasizes practical skill‑building over abstract self‑analysis.

I had a young guy who got on my team and he said, you know, I have some demons that I need to like, you know, slay. And I was like, what does that even mean? He's like, you know, I just, I tend to, I tend to like self-sabotage sometimes. And I just said, you don't know how to behave in certain conditions. You don't know how to act. Great. So we'll expose you to those conditions and we'll teach you how to act the right way. That's it. That's all it is.