![]() Grabbing a towel you go upstairs and change your shirt. You gently say: "It's okay, honey, you just need to be more careful next time." Coffee splashes over you, your daughter is about to cry. How you reacted in those 5 seconds is what caused your bad day. You had no control over what happened with the coffee. Why did you have a bad day? A) Did the coffee cause it? B) Did your daughter cause it? C) Did the policeman cause it? or D) Did you cause it? When you arrive home, you find a small wedge in your relationship with your wife and daughter, because of how you reacted earlier that morning. ![]() Your day has started terribly.Īs it continues, it seems to get worse and worse. Your daughter runs into the building without saying goodbye.Īfter arriving at work 20 minutes late, you realize you forgot your backpack or briefcase. You get pulled over and, after a 15-minute delay and throwing $60 away on a traffic fine, you arrive at school. Because you're late, you drive 40 miles per hour in a 30 mph speed limit zone. You rush to the car and drive your daughter to school. Your spouse must leave immediately for work. Once back downstairs, you find your daughter has been too busy crying to finish her breakfast and get ready to go to school. You storm upstairs and change your shirt. After scolding her, you turn to your wife and you criticize her for placing the cup too close to the edge of the table. ![]() You harshly scold your daughter for knocking the cup over, and she breaks down in tears. What happens next will be determined by how you react. You have no control over what has just happened. Your daughter knocks over a cup of coffee onto your uniform shirt. Let me use an example: you are having breakfast with your family. You cannot control a red light however, you can control your reaction.ĭo not let people fool you. ![]() We cannot stop the car from breaking down and the plane will be late arriving, which throws our whole schedule off.Ī driver may cut us off in the traffic. We really have no control over 10 percent of what happens to us. Ninety percent of life is decided by how you react. Ten percent of life is made up of what happens to you. HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah - Author Stephen Covey described a principle he called the 90/10 principle. ![]()
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