InnerSelf's Daily Inspiration
February 26, 2024
The focus for today is:
I am choosing to think more consciously, allowing me
to make new choices that support new actions.
Today's inspiration was written by Ray Arata:
(Editor's Note: While this text was written for men, it can also be applied to women. Italics in the text were added by InnerSelf editor, Marie T. Russell.)
Men (and women) must be willing to “acknowledge their stuff.” In essence, that means we men (and women) get interested in what drives our behavior so we can make changes.
This requires we go beyond our biases and acknowledge our privileges so that we can use them for good. We need to acknowledge that the Man Box — the unofficial playbook of what it means to be a man — exists. (The female equivalent might be named the Woman Box, an unofficial guide to what it means to be a woman.)
When we begin to think more consciously, we can increase our awareness of our own biases and privileges, allowing us to make new choices that support new actions. Only then can we finally be congruent with our words, choices, and actions.
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Today's inspiration was adapted from the InnerSelf.com article:
Unpacking the Man Box: How to Face Your “Stuff”
Written by Ray Arata.
Read the complete article here.
This is Marie T. Russell, co-publisher of InnerSelf.com, wishing you a day of being aware of your biases and privileges (today and every day)
Comment from Marie: So many of our attitudes, self-concepts, and beliefs are rooted in our childhood. Those concepts usually do not support our being true to our inner radiance and our inner being. The roles (and rules) we were assigned have nothing to do with who we really are. It's time to drop the pretense of our assigned expectations, and live from our heart.
Our focus for today: I am choosing to think more consciously, allowing me to make new choices that support new actions.
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Showing Up: How Men Can Become Effective Allies in the Workplace
by Ray Arata
In Showing Up, you’ll discover the DIY method of heart-based leadership Ray Arata has used with such companies as Verizon, Bloomberg, Moody's, Intel, Toyota, Hearst, and more—a male-modeled, real-solutions approach by and for men to increase diversity, bolster the bottom line, and create a culture so everyone in the workplace wins.
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About the Author
Ray Arata is an award-winning diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) leader and speaker, consultant, and trainer, with global clients from PwC to Verizon to Toyota to Bloomberg. He founded the Better Man Conference for the development of healthy masculinity and men as allies and partners. He was recognized by UN Women in 2016 as a HeForShe Champion for Change and received the Ron Herring 2020 award.
His new book is Showing Up: How Men Can Become Effective Allies in the Workplace.
Learn more at RayArata.com and BetterManConference.com.
