You Can React…

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response.” — Viktor E. Frankl

This writing is Certified Human

The Obstacle

Things happen
We react.

Perceived insults
Unexpected challenges
Trying circumstances.

People
Traffic
News
Social media.

Things confront us
Challenge our impulse
And emotions.

Autopilot reacts
Driven by impulse.

When we do not choose
It chooses for us.

The result is
Conflict
Strained relationships
Wasted time
Fractured attention
Poor performance.

We can choose
To choose.

The Gift And Opportunity

We need not
Respond immediately.

Our first impression
Clouds truth.

Our response
Dictated by emotion.

If we create space
Slow time
Evaluate
We can choose
Not react
On impulse
And emotion.

Who is driving
What is true?

These answers
Save time
Energy
Relationships.

They allows us
To perform.

Decide
What serves you
And who
You are serving.

The Practice Of Self-Mastery

• Notice the impulse
• Create distance and time
• Ask what is true
• Choose to control the response

CHEAT CODE: NOTICE IMPULSE → CREATE SPACE → CHOOSE RESPONSE