React or Respond - Insights From a Motivational Speaker

Another stupid little thing that changed my life…

Don’t react, respond.

What are your anger triggers?

Does your partner say something that makes you bristle?

Maybe your colleague does the one thing you’ve asked a thousand times; please don’t do.

Don’t react. Don’t fly off the handle.

Try this. Don’t open your mouth. Not figuratively. Physically.

Harmful, hurtful words can’t come out if you don’t have your mouth open.

Plus it gives you time to defuse. To think. Is there a better way to respond? There always is.

How can something so ridiculously simple work? It does,

Don’t react, respond.

This simple thing has changed my life.

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If we haven’t met yet…

I never considered myself good at change until I went from

-average shot to army sniper

-home movies to National Geographic cameraman

-fumbling card tricks to a professional magician

-never swinging a hammer to building a home

-high school dropout to published author

-business illiterate to building & selling a business

-stutterer to motivational speaker

Turns out I know how to change, I know how to make it simple, and I know how to stand on stage & make it fun so others want to do it too.

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