{"id":158,"date":"2019-11-03T11:56:37","date_gmt":"2019-11-03T16:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capablecoach.com\/articles\/?p=158"},"modified":"2024-05-18T15:47:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T19:47:50","slug":"dr-bolles-saboteurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lindabolle.com\/articles\/2019\/11\/03\/dr-bolles-saboteurs\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Boll\u00e9\u2019s Saboteurs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following is a list of my saboteurs, those cunning characters whose raison d&#8217;\u00eatre is my safety.\u00a0 Perhaps you will recognize some of these saboteurs as your own. For a detailed discussion of \u201cthe saboteurs,\u201d please see my article, entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/lindabolle.com\/articles\/2019\/11\/03\/i-have-met-the-enemy-and-it-is-me\/\">\u201cI Have Met the Enemy and It Is Me.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reasoner \u2013 comes up with seemingly plausible reasons why continuing to pursue my goal makes no sense <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sleepyhead \u2013 tries to convince me that taking a\nnap is a much better idea than continuing to pursue&nbsp;my goal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hungry Jack \u2013 tries to convince me that having\nsomething to eat is a much better idea than continuing to pursue my goal <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Playmate \u2013 tries to convince me that going out\nto play is a much better idea than continuing to pursue my goal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doubting Thomas \u2013 tells me things like \u201cthis is\nnever going to work\u201d in an attempt to discourage me from continuing to pursue my\ngoal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scaredy Cat \u2013 tries to convince me that\ncontinuing to pursue my goal will surely put me in harm\u2019s way<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Judge Judy \u2013 tells me things like \u201cthis is a\ndumb idea,\u201d \u201cyou don\u2019t know what you\u2019re doing,\u201d \u201cyou\u2019re not as smart as you\nthink you are,\u201d and \u201cnobody cares what you think or have to say,\u201d in an attempt\nto discourage me from continuing to pursue my goal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monkey Mind \u2013 tries to distract me from\ncontinuing to pursue my goal with \u201cbright shiny objects\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Persnickety \u2013 tries to prevent me from\ncontinuing to pursue my goal unless or until everything I\u2019m doing is <em>perfect<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ostrich \u2013 tries to convince me that tuning\nout\/turning off is a much better idea than continuing to pursue my goal <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bored Stiff \u2013 tries to make me lose interest in my\ngoal for no apparent reason<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Helpless \u2013 attempts to convince me that the only\nway I\u2019m going to be able to continue pursuing my goal is for others to do the\nwork for me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Superman\/Wonder Woman \u2013 tries to push me far\nbeyond my limits, in an attempt to drain me of the energy that I need to\ncontinue pursuing my goal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drill Sargent \u2013 attempts to control my every\nthought, desire, and action, in an attempt leave me feeling worn down and\nresentful, to the point where I\u2019m no longer interested in continuing to pursue my\ngoal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guilt Tripper \u2013 tries to convince me that\ncontinuing to pursue my goal is a selfish act<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lazy Bones \u2013 tries to convince me that lazing\naround, reading trashy novels, playing Candy Crush, or watching mind-numbing\ntelevision shows is a much better idea than continuing to pursue my goal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following is a list of my saboteurs, those cunning characters whose raison d&#8217;\u00eatre is my safety.\u00a0 Perhaps you will recognize some of these saboteurs as your own. For a detailed discussion of \u201cthe saboteurs,\u201d please see my article, entitled \u201cI Have Met the Enemy and It Is Me.\u201d Reasoner \u2013 comes up with seemingly plausible [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-attending-to-our-minds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lindabolle.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lindabolle.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lindabolle.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lindabolle.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lindabolle.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lindabolle.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":501,"href":"https:\/\/lindabolle.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions\/501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lindabolle.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lindabolle.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lindabolle.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}