Big Ideas tagged with "Reaction"

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We can’t control the world, but we can control our reactions to it.

~ Susan Jeffers Quotes from Feel the Fear…And Do It Anyway
Self-Development Quotes on: Action, Fear, Act, Control, Reaction, World, Feel

So you can see that if you direct that force at several objectives, it becomes divided, and each objective receives a fairly weak stimulus, which results in a slow reaction, or no reaction at all. Do you have a great, ultimate goal to reach that requires attaining lesser objectives along the way? Well then, let the many lie inactive and direct your force at the nearest or first; once you accomplish that, take up the next and so on.

~ Roger McDonald Quotes from Message of a Master
Motivational Quotes on: Action, Act, Great, Rest, Results, The Way, Master, Reaction, Receive, Weak

Once you uncover the history of this pattern and trace its roots, you will see that your reaction in the present moment is really a reaction from the past, a shadow character's attempt to protect you from reexperiencing an old emotional wound, which instead sabotages you in the present.

~ Connie Zweig Quotes from Romancing the Shadow
Inspirational Quotes on: Action, Character, Emotion, Act, The Moment, Past, Reaction, Motion, History

The person who understands Dharma will have the opposite reaction to a "hard" job. That person will be eager to get started, no matter what kind of work is in front of her, because she understands that she's doing God's work. And when you're working for God, nothing is too hard.

~ Russell Simmons Quotes from Do You!
Famous Quotes on: Action, God, Act, Kind, Work, Doing, Understand, Reaction

Have the daring to stop doing the things you really don’t want to do. Can you see them? Look closely. Can you observe the many things you do because you reluctantly feel you should or must? Watch closely. Examine every action and reaction. Do you act naturally or do you act because you feel compelled? If you feel compelled, stop. Compulsion is slavery. Example: Refuse to go along with the crowd.

~ Vernon Howard Quotes from The Power of Your Supermind
Self-Development Quotes on: Action, War, Stop, Act, Power, Mind, Doing, Vernon Howard, The Power Of Your Supermind, Reaction, Slavery, Compulsion, Serve

All of life’s experiences are teachers in some sense, challenging us to grow and evolve. Although the Persecutor certainly provokes a reaction, the Challenger elicits a response by encouraging the Creator to acquire new knowledge, skill, or insight. Both roles provoke change, but in different ways.

~ David Emerald Quotes from The Power of TED*
Motivational Quotes on: Action, Teach, Change, Experience, Creator, David Emerald, Act, New, Power, Life, Challenge, Edge, Rent, Teacher, Roles, Reaction, Evolve, Knowledge, Skill

One of the fundamental differences between the Victim Orientation and this one [Creator] is where you put your focus of attention…For Victims, the focus is always on what they don’t want: the problems that seem constantly to multiply in their lives. They don’t want the person, condition, or circumstance they consider their Persecutor, and they don’t want the fear that leads to fight, flee or freeze reactions, either. Creators, on the other hand, place their focus on what they do want. Doing this, Creators still face and solve problems in the course of creating outcomes they want, but their focus remains fixed on their ultimate vision.

~ David Emerald Quotes from The Power of TED*
Inspirational Quotes on: Action, Focus, Fear, Vision, Live, Creator, David Emerald, Act, Power, Doing, Outcome, Attention, Differences, Reaction, Victim

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