The topic of boundaries comes up often in my coaching practice, particularly in my work with senior leaders, and I've often drawn upon wisdom from a former colleague, Michael Gilbert... 1/
He wrote: "Just as functional membranes (letting the right things through & keeping the wrong things out) facilitate the healthy interaction of the cells of our bodies, so do functional personal boundaries facilitate the healthy interaction of the various parts of our lives." 2/
More on this here: edbatista.com/2013/12/new-po… 3/
I'm also reminded of this great @twotp interview with @BreneBrown, in which she has much of value to say about boundaries: theworkofthepeople.com/boundaries 4/
"The most compassionate people...were also the absolutely most-boundaried... A boundary is simply what's OK and what's not OK..." ~@BreneBrown 5/
"[When] we let people get away with behaviors that are not OK, then we're just resentful and hateful... I'd rather be loving and generous and very straightforward with what's OK and what's not OK." ~@BreneBrown 6/
