Altering Reactions.... Key to Altered Results.

"If you need different results, ?REACT differently"

I have read and shared this quote thousands of times and have tried to alter my actions to get different results. At times I have got different results but mostly it was just another shade of grey. After a lot of deliberations, I realized that however different #actions I took, my #reactions were always the same. And the key to altered #results lie with the Altered Reactions and not with Actions. 

Look at it a bit closely and you will realize the importance of changing the Reactions over Actions. Technically, human beings or for that matter any living organism on this earth are wired to react based on #habits and #experiences formed over years, which I call The Reference Library of their Brain. Whenever we get into a situation, we lookup our reference library and bring out a known reaction and throw it at the situation. Since the reference is known, the result will be as we predict it. Ask yourself "What is 2+2?" and you will answer 4, without even thinking, but you know what, our brain did the entire process of looking up the reference library in micro milliseconds without even our knowing. This is how the computers works and so is our brain.

Now, by principle of algebra, the results will always remain same because the input reference was same. However changed actions you took to create that situation, your reaction to solve that situation will always remain same and so will be the results. 

Now, Since the Key to Altered Results lie with the Altered Reactions, it's very important for you to learn HOW TO CHANGE THE REACTION?

Look at below 3 Step process and you might learn it quickly - 

Step 1

Pause and Hold your reaction - This is the most important part of this process. Whenever You react to a situation, it's not even You who is reacting, it's your reference library who is reacting. So you probably won't even know what you are doing before you have already done it. So the important part is to #PAUSE, hold your reaction and see your reference library working. Once you learn this, altering reactions will be a cakewalk for you. So first Pause and See how things work. Don't let the auto mode react to the situation. How to PAUSE? Do anything, count till 10, take a long breath, stare away, totally up to you but hold your reaction. 

Step 2

Weigh your options and Decide your Takeaway - Once you Pause and see the situation happening and your reference library working, #DECIDE what exactly you want to #Takeaway from this situation and weigh your options. You might want #Success for yourself out of this situation. Now since you are #Awake and #Seeing, you are actually in the Driver's seat and can steer the situation in any direction. 

Step 3

Play your bets - This is the time to play. When you know where you are, what you are doing and where you want to go, you can easily pick and choose your ways and options. Steer the situation to where you want it and you will be surprised to see it happening. 

Sounds difficult, I bet it is but you can learn it with some practice. Once you are skilled, you can do it in micro milliseconds knowing what you are doing.

Once you know how to use it, the world will be a playground for you. Imagine that you can Close any #sales deal, however difficult it might look, Bring a breakthrough in any #relationships be it with your family, co-workers, customers, vendors and who not, Get thru that difficult #Job #Interview, Earn that kind of #Money which you always wanted and what not. 

So the underlying principle is -

"If you need different results, React differently"