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And today we're going to be talking about the greatest misconception about sabotage.

Now, this is one of those things that as I learned this over time, really shifted my perspective and actually helped me to stop sabotaging.

And I sabotaged a lot in my life. I feel like I practiced every form of sabotage,

whether it was unhealthy relationships, staying up late, you know, not doing the work, making

excuses, falling into patterns of watching porn when I didn't want to or drinking too much or drugs

or whatever it is, right? Just, I mean, I really tried the gamut of sabotaging mechanisms.

So I speak both from personal experience and professional here. One of the things that I think is

the greatest misconception of sabotage is that you are sabotaging to feel

out of control, to be out of control, to let go of responsibility or your power or what have

you. And that's the misconception. That's the falsity. That's the lie. The truth about sabotage that most people don't know

or don't want to admit is that it is known. You're not sabotaging to be out of control.

Sabotage is the ultimate form of control. It's where most people feel the most in control, right? So think about when

you're sabotaging, whether it's you hitting the alarm first in the morning seven times before

getting up and not going to the gym, whether it's texting somebody that you know you shouldn't

be texting or watching porn when you said you haven't wanted to watch it or however you sabotage, right, drinking too much late at night and, and, you know,

shitting the bed the next morning in a meeting, not actually shitting the bed, you know what I mean,

metaphorically.

That sabotage is you being in control and you're doing that.

I was doing that in my own life because that's what

felt comfortable, right? Sabotage for most people is comfortable. It is known. We know what it looks

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