The 90/10 Principle [It will change your life]

What is this Principle about?

10% of life is made up of what happens to you...90% of life is decided by how you react !! What does this mean ?? We really do not have control over 10% of what happens to us, in other words, we do not have control over this 10%. However, the other 90% is different which means that you can determine this reaction. But how ?? Simply, by how you react. We cannot control a red light, but we can control our reaction. Do not allow people to fool you, you can control how you react :)
Consider for example, you are having breakfast with your family. Your daughter [or your little sister] knocks over a cup of coffee onto your suit. For sure, you donot have control over what just happened.. but what happens next will be determined by how you react [ you curse ] you harshly scold your daughter for knocking the cup over and she breaks down in tears. After scolding her, you turn to your wife and you criticize her for placing the cup too close to the edge of the table [A short verbal battle follows..ok !!]
You storm upstairs and change your shirt. Back downstairs, you find your daughter has been too busy crying to finish her breakfast and getting ready to go to school [ BTW she misses the bus :S ] Your spouse must leave immediately for work, in the mean time, you rush to the car and drive your daughter to school [ and because you are late, you drive 40 miles per hour in a 30 mph speed limit zone]. Unfortunately, after a 20 minutes delay, you arrive to school [ your daughter runs into the building without even saying Goodbye !! ]
After arriving at the office 30 minutes late, you realize you forgot your briefcase. Your day has started terrible. As it continues, it seems to get worse and worse [ You look forward to coming home ] When you come back home, you find a wedge in your family, but why ?? Simply, because of how you reacted in the morning !!

[Author: Steven Covey]

You had no control over what happened to the coffee. How you reacted in those 5 seconds is what caused your so called BAD day. It only takes willpower to give ourselves permission to make the experience.

This is a great principle that we often forget about .. It's really simple and profound if you follow it. We as individual, decide what will happen to us in every situation in the way we react to it. And as these situations keep changing and happen to any person, at the end the success of a person depends on how he reacts.

Now, you know about the 90/10 principle.. Apply it !!

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