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Our behavior won't be irrational if we pause and think before acting.

Reacting to another person's craziness makes us a bit crazy too. However, someone else's anger, even if directed at us, doesn't have to trigger our anger in return.

All it takes to stop our troubling behavior is the willingness to be quiet a moment so we can think clearly before taking action. That sounds simple enough. Surely we can do it. But it takes practice, lots of it. Most of us have spent years reacting without thinking and then blaming the messy outcome on the other guy. At first, doing it the new way won't feel familiar, so our tendency will be to revert to the old behavior. Looking to the people we admire in the program for help will give us the inspiration to keep trying.

I will become adept at thinking before acting. Today will give me many opportunities to succeed.

—from A Life of My Own