Have you ever wondered why in a particular situation you unconsciously react like you do, although you sometimes regret your actions? Imagine that you could stop the time and thing for a few seconds to choose the most appropriate positive response in a given situation.
Wouldn't it be great if you had that power.
I can tell you that you are capable of doing this...
OK, not to physically stop the time but at least to choose the right response.
Let me first tell you a fascinating story about Viktor E.
Frankl.
He was an Austrian psychiatrist who was a prisoner in a concentration camp during World War II.
One day he began to become aware that despite the daily torture he has a freedom his Nazi captors could not take away.
Using the unique human endowments (self-awareness, imagination, conscience and independent will) he created his own freedom that was even bigger that the freedom of his Nazi captors.
He exercised his freedom to the extend that he could decide how something was going to effect him and choose his own response.
He called this freedom "the last of the human freedoms".
He became an inspiration to those around him, even to some of the guards.
Frankl survived the Holocaust and later wrote a great book called Man's Search for Meaning.
Between stimulus and response there is a space.
In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
~Viktor E.
Frankl There is a space called freedom of choice.
Most people thing there is no space between stimulus and response.
They skip this space between not realizing they have a choice because they are sure that things just happens.
Between stimulus and response there is a space and in that space lies the freedom to choose.
This freedom to choose is ours in every aspect of our lives.
Humans are the only creatures on earth that have that tremendous power.
Animals, for instance respond only by their instinct.
A lot of people gave that power away and they just respond from their unconscious.
They believe that every person is the product of genetics, environment and past experiences.
Learn to use this space The first step toward being more proactive is to become aware of this space.
Take a few deep breaths and listen to your subconscious after you receive some negative stimulus and try to sense this space before you response.
Notice the script that it runs in the background and drive your response in the usual way.
The next step is to become aware of your conscious and the freedom of choice.
Try to replace your subconscious voice with the conscious one.
Basically that means to change the old script with new "conscious" one.
So, the next time you will be exposed to some stimuli stop for a moment, think about it and then respond.
Reacting to a stimulus without any thinking is a characteristic of a reactive person who is often affected by his physical and social environment.
Conclusion Remember, you are totally responsible for how you react because you have the power to choose your response.
Stop blaming your physical or social environment, parents, spouse, school, boss,...
If you want to learn more about this subject I suggest you read a book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, written by Stephen R.
Covey.
Wouldn't it be great if you had that power.
I can tell you that you are capable of doing this...
OK, not to physically stop the time but at least to choose the right response.
Let me first tell you a fascinating story about Viktor E.
Frankl.
He was an Austrian psychiatrist who was a prisoner in a concentration camp during World War II.
One day he began to become aware that despite the daily torture he has a freedom his Nazi captors could not take away.
Using the unique human endowments (self-awareness, imagination, conscience and independent will) he created his own freedom that was even bigger that the freedom of his Nazi captors.
He exercised his freedom to the extend that he could decide how something was going to effect him and choose his own response.
He called this freedom "the last of the human freedoms".
He became an inspiration to those around him, even to some of the guards.
Frankl survived the Holocaust and later wrote a great book called Man's Search for Meaning.
Between stimulus and response there is a space.
In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
~Viktor E.
Frankl There is a space called freedom of choice.
Most people thing there is no space between stimulus and response.
They skip this space between not realizing they have a choice because they are sure that things just happens.
Between stimulus and response there is a space and in that space lies the freedom to choose.
This freedom to choose is ours in every aspect of our lives.
Humans are the only creatures on earth that have that tremendous power.
Animals, for instance respond only by their instinct.
A lot of people gave that power away and they just respond from their unconscious.
They believe that every person is the product of genetics, environment and past experiences.
Learn to use this space The first step toward being more proactive is to become aware of this space.
Take a few deep breaths and listen to your subconscious after you receive some negative stimulus and try to sense this space before you response.
Notice the script that it runs in the background and drive your response in the usual way.
The next step is to become aware of your conscious and the freedom of choice.
Try to replace your subconscious voice with the conscious one.
Basically that means to change the old script with new "conscious" one.
So, the next time you will be exposed to some stimuli stop for a moment, think about it and then respond.
Reacting to a stimulus without any thinking is a characteristic of a reactive person who is often affected by his physical and social environment.
Conclusion Remember, you are totally responsible for how you react because you have the power to choose your response.
Stop blaming your physical or social environment, parents, spouse, school, boss,...
If you want to learn more about this subject I suggest you read a book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, written by Stephen R.
Covey.