Learn: The resistance, the space, the response

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Greetings from Rio,

Here are 3 action insights I wish I understood sooner.

🔴 The Resistance 

Steven Pressfield, author of The War of Art, says “resistance” is the reason people don’t achieve their dreams. 

“Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.”

Resistance to put on our shoes to exercise, to sit down to write, you name it. It shows up.

Further, it’s not the act itself that’s challenging (ex: writing). It’s creating the space for the act to happen (ex: sitting down to write). 

🟡 The Space

Psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, Viktor Frankl, wrote one of my all-time favorite quotes:

"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." 

This SPACE is where the magic happens. Recognizing that we have a choice.

And it's 100% in our control how we respond.

🟢 The Response 

A reaction is emotional and impulsive.

A response is intelligent and deliberate. 

Much love friends,

Mitchell aka "color codes"

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