The next station on the gauntlet is intimidation. There are people or systems in place that wish to thwart your development. They will stand in front of you in order to block your path. They may be openly hostile or work behind the scene to be a barrier. Their peace of mind cannot exist if you are a candidate competing for the accolades of the spotlight. Therefore, intimidation is a tool of the insecure.
Intimidation may be experienced from a competitor on the job, a competitor in the marketplace or an individual acquaintance whose actions brazenly attempt to block your progress. You may be perceived as a threat. You may be unassuming, beaming with humility, but nonetheless, you are a force that needs to be suppressed.
The Hindre™ will be used as an all-purpose image of the resistance and intimidation. It was created to exemplify people and forces that hinder your performance. In my introductory blog post, the Hindre™ was described as follows; “The Hindre™ is a person or spirit whose purpose is to keep you down, drain your confidence, stunt your growth, hold you back, and prevent you from moving forward, realizing potential and living up to your expectations. They are positioned in households and organizations to thwart success, to discourage siblings and offspring and to disillusion those who have the ability and talent to achieve their dreams.”
You may not wish to think negatively. It is not healthy to walk around paranoid, but the doctrine of survival wants you to be observant. You must be observant, even if you see yourself as a servant to do good and help others. Survival and success, encourages you to face intimidation, anticipate intimidation and derive a strategy to handle it effectively.
How will you face intimidation today?
If Someone Perceives You as a Threat
If someone perceives you as a threat,
It’s hard to encourage you and to let
Your potential grow and be objective
And fathom the world from your perspective.
If someone perceives you as a threat,
They will intentionally try to bet
Against you and hope you do the same;
For they want to remove you from the game.
They tamper with confident people’s minds;
Let you in the race, but place you behind,
And pamper you with condescension,
To hamper you by creating tension.
They want to own you like property;
Subconsciously, treat you improperly;
Deny your physical and civil rights;
Bombard with pernicious and subtle slights.
They will attack your self-esteem;
Think it’s a waste of time for you to dream;
Make you second guess your own existence,
So that you concede without resistance.
If someone perceives you as a threat.
Unconscious and conscious biases beget
Micro-inequities and aggression;
Micro-messages are an obsession.
If someone perceives you as a threat;
They want you entirely in their debt.
They are treacherous and will use power,
To wring hope out of every hour.
Mislabeled, while mistreated and misled.
They will try and get inside your head;
Provoking you with their skills to incite
Confrontation and blame you for the fight.
If someone perceives you as a threat,
What tactics will you use to make them sweat?
You must use your excellence to confirm,
You are here for the moment and long term.
If someone perceives you as a threat;
They fear they haven’t seen anything yet;
For there is determination in your eyes;
On the way to fully actualize.
They try negativity to define,
The image that they want people to see;
But, don’t let their efforts to undermine,
Discourage your purpose and destiny.
Copyright © 2017 Orlando Ceaser
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Personal Reflections
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Who are the intimidating people or circumstances in your world?
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What can you do to minimize their impact?
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Who can you go to for help?
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Can you schedule a meeting with verse to discuss their actions in your discomfort?
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What situations do you find particularly threatening?
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How can you invent the intimidation from affecting your performance?
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