How many times do we react in the way that we’re happy with?
And how many times do we react in a way that we’re not happy with?
Usually one is more than the other…
And if we’re the former vs the later, it may be hard to change.
After all, there’s a stimulus (something happened, the cause) and a response (the “that happened so this happened”, the effect)
There’s a tiny gap between that stimulus and response … the cause and effect
And that little gap is where we can choose the response we want.
Maybe that little gap is only open for .0001 seconds – we’re reacting, not even thinking. We don’t even know there’s a gap between the two.
We can start to open that gap more and more.
.5 second, 1 second, 5 seconds..
So that we can choose the response we want
And what response do we want?
Maybe it’s to start a fight or to keep the team spirit?
The response we want says a lot about us, and how we go about it even more.
Joe DiAndrea 