Hoarding?

Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore

Susie Moore

Society & Culture, Philosophy, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Life Coach, Motivational, Personal Development, Mental Health, Life Coaching, Self-help, Education

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🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

A dog guarding hay it can’t eat sounds silly—until we spot the same pattern at work, in love, and in our own heads. We unpack Aesop’s “Dog in the Manger” and trace how scarcity shows up as gatekeeping opportunities, hoarding credit, hovering after breakups, and withholding praise that costs us nothing to give. Along the way, we share the “cutting someone else’s clothes won’t make you stylish” metaphor as a quick gut check for envy and offer simple steps to shift from guarding to giving. And, ...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore.
0:09.6	My friends, I have a fabulous fable for you, one of ASOP's fables for you today.
0:17.4	Remember, these fables were written two and a half thousand years ago, which goes to show that
0:25.7	human nature doesn't really change, does it? And I find Aesop's fables are some of the most
0:32.6	timeless stories of wisdom. I keep it by my bedside. And here's a short, powerful one for you today.
0:40.7	It's called the dog in the manger. A dog lay in a manger and by his growling and snapping
0:47.7	prevented the oxen from eating the hay which had been placed for them. What a selfish dog, said one of them to his companions.
0:56.8	He cannot eat the hay himself and yet refuses to allow those to eat who can. Do you know anybody
1:05.8	like that dog? Have you ever been that dog? The way that I interpret this is there are people out there. Maybe sometimes it's us if we're scared or confused. We want to hoard things that even we don't want because we don't want other people to have the opportunities or the benefits. Maybe this has happened to you when perhaps a boss or a coworker tries to hoard things that they don't even want. They just don't want you to have them.
1:33.1	Maybe it's even an ex who broke up with you, but who's still orbiting you and isn't quite ready to let you move on to somebody else, even though they are not going to commit to you.
1:46.4	Maybe sometimes this can even show up with people who hoard praise, who hoard credit,
1:52.5	who hoard affection.
1:54.1	They just don't give it away.
1:56.4	They don't want other people to receive it, even though it wouldn't make their life or their reputation
2:03.9	or their blessings any less. I mean, think about it. If I go into someone's closet right now
2:10.2	and I chop up all of their clothes, that doesn't make me more stylish. If somebody else looks good,
2:16.2	that has no impact on me. To me, this is really a lesson
2:21.6	in abundance versus scarcity. Are you willing to allow others to receive all of the benefits
2:29.5	and possibilities and options that perhaps you could help allow them to receive, or do you hold back a bit?
2:38.3	Or is someone may be doing this to you?
2:42.8	I do my very best, at least when I'm conscious, to not block what isn't meant for me.
2:49.1	For example, if an opportunity comes my way and it's not quite right,
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