I once knew a CEO who would completely lose it if something crucial happened. As soon as this happened his executive assistant would lose it, and together they wasted a lot of time being flustered and upset. After he regained his composure, she would come back around as well.
Does that happen to you? If so, I’d like you to see what happens at those times if you do the following exercise:
At these times, imagine a pause button. Then, if someone starts to react this way to a crisis see yourself pushing your silent pause button and waiting three seconds before you react. Or see yourself watching the situation from a black and white TV, without emotion.
Sounds pretty simple, doesn’t it? But even though it sounds easy, it’s still very powerful.
This exercise is an example of the fact that different perspectives help keep out negative emotions therefore increasing our ability to find rational solutions. We can save so much time over the course of the day by choosing to keep others’ reactions from impacting us. We do have choices!
Best regards,
~ Jennifer
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