Re: Internal resistance

Amy Schwab wrote:

>For example, I like certain work environments better than others.  I'm
>operate with more of a preference towards extroversion.  Since I know
>this, I can choose strategies that play to my preference.  I could
>consider this a problem, seek to understand why I resist working in
>situations where I have little external stimulus, why I am less
>productive when I don't have other people to bounce ideas around with,
>and go about trying to change myself.  But, bottom line, this seems
>like an okay thing to be comfortable with.  If I label my disliking
>work in a solitary environment as a problem to be solved, spend time
>seeking root causes of this 'problem', I can make myself quite
>miserable.  Or I can accept my basic likes and dis-likes as
>information about myself and act accordingly. 
>

I agree with your direction here.

See, in this example, I'd say you have resistance to an introverted 
environment, and that you understand why. In that case, there's no 
reason to pursue why, you've already got it. You've already arrived at 
using resistance as a resource.

I'd also say that finding the underlying cause to resistance does not by 
definition entail labelling it a 'problem'. I think that's one of the 
core bits to Dale's efforts -- to get away from labelling the resistance 
itself as a good or bad thing so that we can work on getting down to the 
cause.

Or, in my preferred terms, my emotions are amoral -- they are mere 
reflections of my beliefs. It's my beliefs themselves that are to be 
judged right or wrong.

-- 
Chris
http://clabs.org/blogki




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