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CTL-VII-0044

“I caught myself about to take credit I hadn't earned, and I gave it back.”

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

The credit was floating free and it would have been easy to let it land on you. You didn't. Owning only what is yours cuts both ways, you refuse the blame that isn't yours and the praise that isn't either. That refusal is rare, and the people watching noticed.

Your Practice

  1. When praise lands on you wrongly, correct it in the same breath.
  2. Say plainly: 'That was actually her work, not mine.'
  3. Resist the small voice that says staying quiet costs nothing.
  4. Note how clean it feels to carry only your own weight.

The Architects

“Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.”

Søren Kierkegaard, The Concept of Anxiety (1844), Chapter II (Reidar Thomte translation, Princeton, Kierkegaard's Writings VIII, 1980)

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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