Melinda French Gates's 1-Word Response to Her Divorce and Departure From the Gates Foundation Is a Lesson for Every Leader
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Melinda French Gates's 1-Word Response to Her Divorce and Departure From the Gates Foundation Is a Lesson for Every Leader
“Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.”
— Viktor Frankl
Forces that are out of your control can take everything away from you except one thing: your freedom to decide how you react to them. You don't control what happens to you in life, you control what you feel and what you do when something happens to you.
(Viktor Frankl)
Similarly, you too have the power to decide what happens in the gap between a stimulus and your response. Thus, you can change your behavior and your emotions. To put this into practice, commit to a 30-day proactivity challenge: Whether at home or at work, whenever you catch yourself blaming someone or something external for a problem you face, rem
... See moreAnd as you’ve just learned, true power lies in your response.
And as you’ve just learned, true power lies in your response.