Shawn ButtnerCertified High Performance Coach and Podcaster Clone

Why inner work is needed

13 Mar 2023 · 1 min

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In this excerpt, speaker Shawn Buttler addresses how to handle spontaneous, high‑pressure confrontations. He emphasizes that when a situation escalates quickly, the most effective response is to pause and excuse oneself, creating space to avoid reactive or ineffective replies. He then links this practice to his broader, foundational framework for inner work, which centers on acting from three interrelated qualities: wisdom, skill, and compassion. By cultivating these inner capacities, individuals can respond more thoughtfully and compassionately in challenging moments.

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A lot of situations we might find ourselves in might be quite spontaneous. There may not be moments in which we can, oh, let me sit down and ask this question. Like telling Boom, Someone's right in your face. And I always think in moments like that, to your point de escalation, it's always appropriate to excuse yourself and say, hey, I need to take a step back. I'm not in a space right now where I can respond to this effectively. Or however you need to say it. Yeah. And give yourself that space. Because you mentioned when you're doing the intro in the beginning, one of the one of my key or foundational frameworks is that I want to act from a place of more wisdom, skill and compassion. And I think those really interrelate quite well.