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Jay Shetty PodcastJay Shetty: How to Set Boundaries Without Guilt (You Are NOT Responsible for Their Feelings)
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WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT
Jay Shetty Lists Five Burdens You're Not Responsible For Carrying
- Jay Shetty argues that feeling responsible for things outside our control blocks creativity, passion, time and intuition, and he frames the episode as a way to feel lighter.
- He says we are not responsible for other people's feelings, and that making ourselves responsible for a parent's or anyone's mood leaves them dependent instead of equipped to manage their own emotions.
- He contends that we cannot control how others perceive us, using the monastery view of humility and a Cirque du Soleil audience-reaction example to show that perception varies by person and culture.
- He maintains that trying to fix other people's problems often serves our own comfort and takes away their independence, so he distinguishes support from solution.
- He closes by saying we can't meet everyone's expectations and that the way people treat us reflects their own state, so we should set boundaries clearly and firmly without guilt.
IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING
5 ideasOver-responsibility blocks your own life
Shetty says that when we feel responsible for things that aren't ours, our creativity, passions, time and intuition get blocked because we make room for everything else.
Making people dependent on you for their mood isn't help
Using the example of a parent going through a hard time, he says that being a mood shifter for someone stalls them, and real love helps them learn to choose their own feelings.
Perception is shaped by the perceiver
He says how people see you reflects their past experiences, how they see themselves and others' opinions, so no amount of effort can control it, and trying leads to constant performing.
Cultural differences change how praise appears
He describes Cirque du Soleil finding that quieter audiences in some cultures felt just as excited, and acrobats had to be trained to understand that appreciation is expressed differently.
Fixing others often serves your own comfort
Shetty admits he spent years trying to solve people's problems and ended up taking away their ability and strength to do it themselves, since the real blocks are often their own beliefs.
WORDS WORTH SAVING
5 quotesIf someone is dependent on you to feel happy, you have not helped them, you've actually hurt them.
— Jay Shetty
The closer you get to living up to other people's expectations, the further away you are from yourself.
— Jay Shetty
People don't treat you how you deserve to be treated. They treat you how they treat themselves.
— Jay Shetty
If you feel responsible for how people perceive you, you will always be performing. You will always be on a stage. You will never feel you can take the mask off.
— Jay Shetty
I spent years trying to solve and fix people's problems. I cared for them. I loved them. I didn't want them to feel pain. What did I actually do? I stole their ability to solve their own problems.
— Jay Shetty
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Jay Shetty
hostHost of the podcast On Purpose; author and former monk focused on wellness and personal growth.
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