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Coaching Article: The Five "Knows" of Boundaries
Boundaries are the physical manifestation of your values. They exhibit to other people how you honor your values, and how you expect others to honor your values as well. There are five "knows" to enforcing your boundaries and honoring your values: 1. Know that the boundary invasion is about you. It's not somebody else's value that's not being honored and it's not their boundary. It's yours. Don't expect them to understand. However, iIf they do, it's a bonus so celebrate! 2. Know that honoring boundaries is about choice. How others choose to react or respond to you as you identify and uphold your boundary is their choice. How you feel about it and what you do is your choice. 3. Know that it's not always possible to say NO and have the other person be delighted about it. Expect them to be upset, disappointed, or angry. Be prepared for it. If it doesn't happen, rejoice! 4. Know that other people don't know what your boundaries are until you tell them. If you want to increase your changes of compliance with your personal boundaries by about 100% you need to let others know what your boundaries are. 5. Know that your personal boundaries are protecting your life values. Every time one of your boundaries is crossed it means someone or something is not honoring your life values. Living an empowered life means living from the inside out. Living from the inside out means honoring your life values with strong personal boundaries. If
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