When something unexpected happens in our day, big or small, our reaction to that event is entirely up to us.

React to drama with a mind like water

We don’t react to events; we react to our judgments about them, and the judgments are up to us.

We respect people who react a little under, not over, the level of drama a situation deserves.

David Allen talks a lot about having a “mind like water”, meaning that we respond appropriately to new things that come our way. Just like a pond will provide a small splash when you toss in a small rock, and a big splash from a big rock, we should scale our responses appropriately.

Mind Like Water

<time itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2021-12-26T07:37:00-05:00">December 26, 2021</time><div itemprop="text">Reading Time: &lt; 1 min</div>When something unexpected happens in our day, big or small, our reaction to that event is entirely up to us. As Ward Farnsworth says in <a href="https://amzn.to/3Fm7MfW" dir="ltr">The Practicing Stoic</a>:<BLOCKQUOTE>We don’t react to events; we react to our judgments about them, and the judgments are up to us.</BLOCKQUOTE>It’s not unlike something Donald Miller has shared before, stating:<BLOCKQUOTE>We respect people who react a little under, not over, the level of drama a situation deserves.</BLOCKQUOTE>David Allen talks a lot about having a “mind like water”, meaning that we respond appropriately to new things that come our way. Just like a pond will provide a small splash when you toss in a small rock, and a big splash from a big rock, we should scale our responses appropriately.Sometimes a big reaction is required, but the appropriate reaction is always the one to aim for.<h3>Share this:</h3>

Sometimes a big reaction is required, but the appropriate reaction is always the one to aim for.

When something unexpected happens in our day, big or small, our reaction to that event is entirely up to us. As Ward Farnsworth says in The Practicing Stoic: We don’t react to events; we react to our judgments about them, and the judgments are up to us. It's not unlike…

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When something unexpected happens in our day, big or small, our reaction to that event is entirely up to us. As Ward Farnsworth says in <a href="https://amzn.to/3Fm7MfW">The Practicing Stoic </a>:

We don’t react to events; we react to our judgments about them, and the judgments are up to us.

It’s not unlike something Donald Miller has shared before, stating:

We respect people who react a little under, not over, the level of drama a situation deserves.

David Allen talks a lot about having a “mind like water”, meaning that we respond appropriately to new things that come our way. Just like a pond will provide a small splash when you toss in a small rock, and a big splash from a big rock, we should scale our responses appropriately.

Sometimes a big reaction is required, but the appropriate reaction is always the one to aim for.

React to drama with a mind like water

React to drama with a mind like water

WARD FARNSWORTH

DONALD MILLER

Mind Like Water

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