CM - Responses vs Reactions – Defensive vs Receptive

Responses vs Reactions – Defensive vs Receptive

A Fast Track Technique Workshop with Jaz Goven

Consider the difference if you were able to ‘choose’ your response rather than instantly react. So many times, we do what we do ‘cos that’s the way we do it and have always done it and often in a way we regret later.

Reactions are a way of ‘being’ that stem from deep subconscious programing. This could be your own or you could have learned it from a parent or other member of your family. Reactions positive and negative are generally in place by the time we are 7 years old, which is why they often appear to be ‘childish’ and often don’t feel like who we are now.

On the other hand - a response isn’t always as immediate but comes from a place of assimilating facts, observation, intelligence and a choice of…