Calm down
before you react to a situation.
Not exact matches
We know that the following
situations will affect us all, but rather than wait and see how they turn out
before reacting, I exhort business executives
to make note of them and then make a move.
Successful selling, primarily over the phone but in field sales environments as well, has as much
to do with preparation as it does with your natural skills in
reacting to the
situation unfolding
before you.
Next, if you find yourself in a frustrating
situation again and you're about
to lose it — maybe your child has wet their pants for the third time today and you just can't take it anymore — press pause
before reacting.
Before you have
to actually go back
to work, do a trail run
to see how the baby (and as importantly you) will
react to the
situation.
Removing yourself from the
situation to see clearly
before you
react.
We find ourselves
reacting before giving any thought
to the
situation.
Our highly anxious / reactive Habi is a poster child for Prozac, which our behavioral vet put her on immediately after meeting her nine years ago, It took about three months
before she was able
to think rather than
react in a
situation, and at that point our efforts at behavioral modification began
to take hold.
In order
to change a dog's behavior around unfamiliar dogs, he needs
to be able
to be calm or be redirected in benign
situations before we can introduce him
to situations where he would otherwise
react.
If we don't stop
to pause
before reacting, we are very likely
to behave in ways that make others feel bad and that are not useful
to the
situation and the relationship.
Any anger management coach will tell you it's best
to count
to 10
before reacting in a tense
situation.