How to Stop Reacting and Start Responding | The Gap Between Stimulus and Response | (An MTM Short)
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How to Stop Reacting and Start Responding | The Gap Between Stimulus and Response | (An MTM Short)

One concept. That's all we're covering today. And if you only took one thing from 260-plus episodes of this show... it might be this. Viktor Frankl survived the Holocaust and came out the other side with an idea that Jon and Will think about almost...
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One concept. That's all we're covering today. And if you only took one thing from 260-plus episodes of this show... it might be this.


Viktor Frankl survived the Holocaust and came out the other side with an idea that Jon and Will think about almost every day. Between what happens to you and how you respond, there's a gap. A space. And inside that space is where every good decision you've ever made actually lives.


Most of us blow right past it. Something happens, we react. Email comes in, we fire back. Kid does something, we snap. No space in between.


In this episode we break down why the gap exists, why nobody taught you how to use it, and four ways to start building it this week. No fluff. No theory you can't use. Just one concept you can try before your next meeting, your next hard conversation, or your next encounter with slow internet.


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