Tag: response
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Open questions get richer responses
“We live in the world our questions create.” David Cooperrider Do you find the conversations throughout your workday often fall flat? Maybe the right types of questions aren’t being asked. The way you ask a question usually determines the kind of response you get. A simple place to start is looking at your default form…
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React to judgments not events
“If any external thing causes you distress, it is not the thing itself that troubles you, but your own judgment about it. And this you have the power to eliminate now.” Marcus Aurelius The stoics are the most practical practical of philosophers. Even though it was written almost 2,000 years ago, Marcus Aurelius’ book Meditations…
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There is a space between stimulus and response
“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 Frankl The easy way is to just blame others or circumstances when things don’t work out. This causes great suffering and unhappiness. Many of the unexpected bad…