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#434: Jim Dethmer — How to Shift from Victim Consciousness, Reduce Drama, Practice Candor, Be Fully Alive, and More

The Tim Ferriss Show

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I'm Not Going to Take Responsibility for My Happiness, You're Not Going to Take It for Yours

In a codependent relationship, the pattern is that people do things from obligation. So i'm not going to take responsibility for my happiness, you're not going to take it for yours. We are both responsible for our own happiness and well being. Now what that leads to is a commitment to be honest and real about what we want and don't want. This is a radical way to live, in his experience, but profoundly meaningful. Ifo tell me what you genuinely want, and i unhappy myself to your point. Funny languagin there. She doesn't make me unhappy. I unhappy myself. That's my responsibility, and i'll be responsible for that. And when she makes that...

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