{"id":614,"date":"2026-11-13T21:05:23","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T21:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silviaescobar.com\/?p=614"},"modified":"2026-11-11T21:09:32","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T21:09:32","slug":"the-price-of-avoiding-responsibility-is-losing-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silviaescobar.com\/es\/the-price-of-avoiding-responsibility-is-losing-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"El precio de evitar la responsabilidad es perder la libertad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mis hijos suelen burlarse de que crecieron escuch\u00e1ndome preguntar: \u201c\u00bfD\u00f3nde est\u00e1 tu locus de control?\u201d. Desde peque\u00f1os, les ense\u00f1\u00e9 que existe un locus de control interno y uno externo. El locus de control externo es la creencia de que las fuerzas externas determinan, en gran medida, los acontecimientos y resultados de nuestra vida. Por otro lado, el locus de control interno es la creencia de que nuestras acciones, decisiones y esfuerzos pueden influir en esos resultados.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Por supuesto, la vida es mucho m\u00e1s compleja que eso. No tenemos control sobre todo lo que nos sucede. Las circunstancias, las decisiones de otras personas, la injusticia, las p\u00e9rdidas y nuestras propias limitaciones son reales. Hay personas que atraviesan situaciones que no eligieron y que no pudieron evitar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El problema de solo tener un locus de control externado es que cada vez que renunciamos por completo a nuestra responsabilidad, cedemos una parte de nuestra libertad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pensemos, por ejemplo, en la pasividad dentro de una relaci\u00f3n. Si nunca expresa su opini\u00f3n, con el tiempo es posible que dejen de preguntarle. Si constantemente decide no participar, puede terminar teniendo menos voz en las decisiones que se toman. Evitar la responsabilidad puede parecer m\u00e1s f\u00e1cil en el momento, pero con el tiempo puede dejar que otra persona tome decisiones que afectan su vida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00bfY qu\u00e9 sucede con el trabajo? Tal vez usted no est\u00e1 conforme con su ambiente laboral. Usted no es responsable de su jefe, de sus compa\u00f1eros de trabajo ni de las decisiones que ellos toman. Pero puede preguntarse: \u201c\u00bfQu\u00e9 est\u00e1 bajo mi control?\u201d. \u00bfPuede cambiar la manera en que responde? \u00bfTener una conversaci\u00f3n? \u00bfDesarrollar una nueva habilidad? \u00bfBuscar otra oportunidad? Y s\u00ed, en ocasiones las circunstancias hacen que estas opciones sean dif\u00edciles o incluso temporalmente imposibles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Esto no se trata de culparnos por todo lo que les sucede. Asumir responsabilidad no es lo mismo que asumir culpa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Se trata de reconocer d\u00f3nde todav\u00eda existen decisiones que podemos tomar, aun cuando nuestras opciones sean limitadas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A veces, la libertad no significa tener opciones sin l\u00edmites. A veces significa identificar la decisi\u00f3n que todav\u00eda nos corresponde tomar y tener el valor de tomarla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Porque cuando dejamos de preguntarnos: \u201c\u00bfDe qui\u00e9n es la culpa?\u201d y comenzamos a preguntarnos: \u201c\u00bfQu\u00e9 me corresponde hacer a m\u00ed?\u201d, empezamos a recuperar nuestra libertad.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My kids often make fun of the fact that they grew up with me asking them, \u201cWhere is your locus of control?\u201d I taught them early that there is an internal locus of control and an external locus of control. An external locus of control is the belief that outside forces largely determine the events&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/silviaescobar.com\/es\/the-price-of-avoiding-responsibility-is-losing-freedom\/\">Seguir leyendo <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">El precio de evitar la responsabilidad es perder la libertad<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"nfd_image_url":"","nfd_onboarding_generated":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Price of Avoiding Responsibility Is Losing Freedom - Coffee Time Reflections with Silvia Escobar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/silviaescobar.com\/es\/the-price-of-avoiding-responsibility-is-losing-freedom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Price of Avoiding Responsibility Is Losing Freedom - Coffee Time Reflections with Silvia Escobar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My kids often make fun of the fact that they grew up with me asking them, \u201cWhere is your locus of control?\u201d I taught them early that there is an internal locus of control and an external locus of control. 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