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CTL-VII-0033

“Someone I mentored is surpassing me and I feel only pride.”

CTL · Pillar III — Control CTL-VII · Own Only What Is Yours.

There is a smaller man who would feel threatened. You feel pride - because you know the win is theirs, not a verdict on you. What was yours was the pouring-in; what they built with it is wholly theirs. To raise someone past you and rejoice is its own kind of mastery.

Your Practice

  1. Name what they did that you did not teach them. Honor their own work.
  2. Tell them you're proud, and that the achievement is fully theirs.
  3. Notice any flicker of threat. Name it and set it down - it isn't yours to indulge.
  4. Write what it means that you helped build something that outgrew you.

More under CTL-VII

CTL-VII-0001“I'm obsessing over something I can't control.”CTL-VII-0002“My anxiety is through the roof and I can't shut my brain off.”CTL-VII-0003“I stopped worrying about what people think and I feel lighter.”CTL-VII-0004“I let go of something I couldn't control and found peace.”CTL-VII-0005“I finally accepted that not everything is my responsibility.”CTL-VII-0006“Someone I trusted let me down badly.”
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