#45: I’m Scared of Being Fired!
AT HOME with Byron Katie • The Work of Byron Katie® Podcast
Byron Katie International, Inc.
4.9 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2022
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
My guest this week is Elli. She’s a project leader, and she sees her boss as impatient, scary, and powerful. She’s afraid that her boss is going to punish or even fire her. If you want to know how Elli finds her way out of these limiting thoughts, join us, get still, and let’s do The Work.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello again everyone welcome to the podcast my guest today is |
| 0:07.2 | Ellie and she's afraid that her boss is going to punish her. |
| 0:14.0 | She's sitting in a meeting and she sees her bosses judging her performance. |
| 0:20.7 | And she also sees her boss in that as judgmental and patient, scary and powerful and she is afraid that her boss would fire her. |
| 0:33.0 | And you know, I could go on and on with this. |
| 0:35.0 | You find any of this familiar in your life and experience, |
| 0:40.0 | and whether you do or not. |
| 0:43.0 | Oh my, I'm glad you're here. |
| 0:47.0 | Stay with us. |
| 0:49.0 | Close your eyes, get still, relax, and let's do the work. |
| 0:59.8 | So I would ask you, you know, |
| 1:02.0 | why would I want to see the world as it is? |
| 1:09.6 | What advantage is that? |
| 1:12.0 | For me to see the world as it is in other words to be sane to see the |
| 1:16.6 | world as it is what do you think I mean by that let's look at advantages. |
| 1:25.0 | Look at the world right now where you're sitting. |
| 1:30.0 | Look at it as it is. |
| 1:43.0 | Door. Look at it as it is. Door, window. So far I'm terrified. Floor, husband. |
| 1:47.0 | This is getting serious. |
| 1:50.0 | Seeing the world as it really is. |
| 1:52.0 | But any minute someone's going to seeing the world as it really is. |
| 1:53.0 | But any minute someone's going to burst through the door, I know because they told me, |
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