Minding Your Own Business : 7 Ways to Avoid Regret

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Minding your own business means staying in your own lane. It means setting yourself free from the thinking and beliefs of other people.

Minding your own business is a conscious process. Your ego is working in an auto pilot mode. So you need to be conscious every time you are responding. You need to have the willpower to go beyond your ego every time it wants to jump in and prove others wrong.

A beautiful quote on Minding Your Own Business :

“Keep your nose out of another’s mess.”

– Danish Proverb

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Minding Your Own Business Meaning?

Minding your own business means not imposing your beliefs and opinions on someone else.

Most of the time in our conversations when someone speaks about something that doesn’t fit in our belief system, we just jump in to prove that person wrong, without observing ourselves.

There can be many situations:

Maybe you are wrong. You have developed a wrong belief which doesn’t favor the positive side of humanity and our creation
Maybe another person is wrong. In this case, if that person is open to having your opinion you can tell them, otherwise, it is not your duty to correct everyone. Because it will not create any solution only the dispute
Maybe you both are wrong and your ego is pushing you to convince others that you are right. Whether another person is convinced with your opinion or not, does it affect you in any way? Just put your ego aside and set yourself free. Let people go their way, do not try to control them

A bible verse about minding your own business :

“And to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one.”- 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12

How to Mind Your Own Business?

Here are 7 points to understand why people need to mind their own business. It will help you learn to mind your own business.

1. Become Conscious

Every time you are speaking something, be conscious and observe your thoughts, words, and feelings.

Are you trying to convince others so that you can make them like you? Are you feeling an urge inside you with a negative feeling to make another person agree with your opinion anyhow? Drop it, just smile and be free.

2. Look Beyond Your Ego

Calmness and silence are the voice of your soul. An argument is a product of your ego.

Try to look at this world from above, from a broader angle, from the eye of the creator. It will help you to understand who you truly are beyond your ego.

You will find not minding your own business comes from a victim mentality, created by your ego. The masters see everyone with love and compassion.

3. Meditate on Letting Go

Meditation on letting go will help you to become more conscious during your day-to-day conversations.

Meditation helps us to gain control over our mind and observe everything before we speak.

4. Change The Topic

If you feel another person is dragging you into their argument, don’t just go with your autopilot mind.

Don’t react to the argument and try to start a conversation on a new positive topic.

5. Leave the Group Conversation

If you are sitting with a group where two or more people are arguing on any topic. First, politely ask everybody to discuss a positive and good thing.

Still, if they don’t want to stop and are in complete control of their ego, then ignore their conversation, and focus on something you like.

6. Never Gossip Much With a Negative and Bigoted Person

If you know any person with negative and bigotry nature, never go into a discussion with them.

Just have some formal talks and leave the conversation. Even if they start to drag you into their conversation just handle it positively and leave.

7. Peace Wins, Anger Loses

We think if we can impose our opinion on others, we win. But it’s not true, the truth is whenever our ego wins we lose.

If you win a heated argument, you feel anger inside you, not calmness.

When you truly win you will feel joy and calmness inside you. That you will only achieve by minding your own business.

Understand the ego, when it wins we feel anger. When our soul wins we feel peace with a smile on our face.

Benefits of Minding Your Own Business

You win the argument without involving into it
You maintain your positive mood
You remain Peaceful
Happy and Joyous
You gain control over your ego and your mind
You feel great because you observed the situation from a broader angel. You become a master of this creation

Consequences of Not Minding Your Own Business

You become a victim to the circumstances
Waste of time
Anger
Dispute
Inviting a bad mood, that will last after many hours
This may break your relationship with that person
Regretting later for getting into this argument

How to Tell Someone to Mind Their Own Business

Just ask them positively to change the topic and discuss something good.

Tell them you don’t like such topics and arguments because it will not lead to any solution.

Still, if they don’t stop, leave the conversation while maintaining your good mood.

Never get angry with others, they are your fellow human beings. They are speaking based on the beliefs they have developed by living in certain circumstances.

A meme on minding your own business :

Final Note on Minding Your Own Business

Minding your own business is an essential thing in our day to day life. It can save you from many negative conversations and situations.

Learn the art of minding your own business and stay in your own lane

Be happy, live your life . Only focus on your mind and beliefs. Let go of what others think and believe.