What does it mean to wait to respond? Let’s talk about Generator’s and Manifesting Generator’s Strategy in Human Design.
Strategy in Human Design tells us how we’re meant to engage with the world and attract aligned opportunities. Generators and Manifesting Generators share the same Strategy, which is wait to respond.
The myth and the fear
There’s this misconception that waiting to respond looks like sitting on your couch and waiting for someone to ask you a yes or no question. Or doing nothing until something just drops into your lap so that you can respond to it.
There’s also a fear that if we wait, nothing will show up. You might be asking yourself, ‘What if I wait forever? What if I wait and nothing happens?’
As Generators and Manifesting Generators (I’m also an MG), we have the easiest Strategy in Human Design but it’s the most difficult one to decondition. How many times have you been told to just go after what you want? We’ve been taught to just do it. To get up and make it happen. Make a plan. Set a goal. Just do what you ‘think’ should get you most money or most success.
Once we learn that our Strategy is to wait to respond, we have to overcome the fear from our mind that we’ll miss out or nothing will ever happen.
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Sacral Authority in Human Design Explained // follow your gut
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Wait to respond Strategy in your daily life
Here’s a fun fact – you’re always responding.
With that in mind, start noticing what you’re responding to throughout the day.
Notice how you respond to things i. e. what’s pulling you towards or pushing you away.
For example, when you get up and see it’s sunny outside, do you feel like going out or staying in?
What video do you want to watch when you see new ones on your YouTube subscriptions?
When you’re texting someone, what’s your bodily response? Is there a bodily response to every message or you’re replying just because you don’t want to seem rude?
Where are you forcing yourself to respond differently from what your body is telling you?
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Deconditioning Open G Center in Human Design
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Wait to respond vs. initiate – what’s the difference?
Initiating as a Generator or a Manifesting Generator means you’re doing something because.
You’re doing something in order to.
You’re doing something because it would make sense.
Because it could work.
Because you think you should.
You can clearly see the steps or pattern of events that ”should” happen. Your mind is convincing you that if you do ABC then you’ll get XYZ.
On the other hand, responding is energetic. You can’t explain why your body wants to do something or go in a certain direction.
You can’t explain why you’re attracted to someone or why you feel depleted by being in certain environments.
Your body just knows.
Anything that you can explain is coming from the mind. Even applying for a job. Sometimes it doesn’t make sense that you’d prefer doing a certain job or a hobby that isn’t paid well, but your body just feels lit up by it. It’s guiding you towards satisfaction and away from frustration.
That’s responding. That’s energy. Are you listening to that or ignoring it?
Strategy in Human Design helps you interact with the world in a way that leads to your signature theme.
Following your Strategy you will call in opportunities and people in your life. Then, you can use your Authority to decide if you want it.
Want to learn more about wait to respond Strategy? Watch the full video which includes my personal experience and more examples on my YouTube channel.
Until the next time,
Ivana
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