{"id":124,"date":"2026-07-01T13:19:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T13:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mr305injured.com\/blog\/?p=124"},"modified":"2026-07-01T13:19:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T13:19:38","slug":"be-quiet-back-up-breath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mr305injured.com\/blog\/be-quiet-back-up-breath\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Quiet. Back Up. Breath."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For years, I let my ego answer first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I mistook protecting my ego for protecting myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking back, I can see just how much that cost me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, before I react, I pause and remember my three BBBs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Be quiet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Breathe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those few seconds create space to choose wisdom over ego and growth over regret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One conversation can change everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More often than not, it is the one you have with yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 Dean Zusmer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr. 305-INJURED<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For years, I let my ego answer first. I mistook protecting my ego for protecting myself. Looking back, I can see just how much that cost me. Today, before I react, I pause and remember my three BBBs: Be quiet. Back up. Breathe. Those few seconds create space to choose wisdom over ego and growth&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-growth","category-relationships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr305injured.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr305injured.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr305injured.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr305injured.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr305injured.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mr305injured.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125,"href":"https:\/\/mr305injured.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions\/125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr305injured.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr305injured.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr305injured.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}