164. Are ultimatums toxic or necessary?
Do You F*cking Mind?
Alexis Fernandez-Preiksa - Neuroscientist and Mindset Coach
4.9 • 915 Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2023
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Are ultimatums toxic or necessary?
Let’s talk ultimatums. When are they healthy and when are they toxic? Can you give an ultimatum and not be controlling?
I answer all your questions on this podcast episode and give you a whole lot to think about if and when you want to give an ultimatum.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, my beautiful beans and welcome to today's episode. So this episode is all about ultimatums. |
| 0:06.4 | This is something that I think is that everyone has a love, hate relationship around the concept |
| 0:11.2 | of an ultimatum. I think a lot of people think that automatically an ultimatum is a toxic behavior. |
| 0:16.7 | It's a way to control somebody and other people look at ultimatums as setting a boundary. |
| 0:21.3 | I'm actually going to break down how to look at ultimatums and how you should use ultimatums |
| 0:28.1 | and also how you should interpret when somebody is giving you an ultimatum, okay? |
| 0:32.9 | So I did put the call out on my Instagram and I asked, I put a few question boxes and I asked |
| 0:38.6 | how many people think ultimatums are a good thing. I also asked when have you ever been given |
| 0:45.1 | an ultimatum or when have you given one and what was it? And then lastly, I asked you guys to ask |
| 0:49.9 | me questions around the concept of ultimatum. So I'm going to be going through all of that |
| 0:53.9 | in this episode. There is so much to talk about. So I'm going to be going through all of that in this |
| 0:54.3 | episode. There is so much to talk about. So I'm not going to give you a life update. I'm not going to go |
| 0:59.4 | into a brain fact today. We're going straight into the ultimatums. Okay, so firstly, let's figure out |
| 1:06.6 | what, let's talk about what it is. So it's a tool that can be used to set a clear boundary, |
| 1:11.9 | and it really should just be used for that. |
| 1:14.9 | That's how I want you to be looking at an ultimatum |
| 1:17.1 | if you're ever thinking about using it. |
| 1:19.1 | It means, and if you look it up as far as a dictionary is concerned, |
| 1:22.1 | it means a final proposition, a final condition or demand. |
| 1:26.2 | It is a warning that unless something changes, action will be |
| 1:30.1 | taken. So really think about that when you are considering giving an ultimatum. You have to really mean it |
| 1:37.1 | because you're saying this is the final condition. And if these conditions are broken, I'm the one |
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