Are you Response-Able?

“When something goes wrong, we can either choose to act responsibly or resentfully.”
Many must have read this quote in school or in a newspaper.But how many of us have actually stopped and given it a thought to imbibe it? How many of us have ever tried to connect it to our lives and our big and small decisions?........Well, not many.

Now, lets try to understand this simple concept and see why its so important. Whenever something happens, we react to that situation. But between the occurrence of a situation and our reaction lies a small space. That small space contains our choice, the choice to react positively or negatively.

Yes, we can always choose the way we react to any situation. It would be wrong to say that a particular situation made me behave like that or it changed my attitude. We can choose the way we want to behave or mould our attitudes. We are what we want to become.

Mahatma Gandhi never gave in to any situation created by the British. He chose his actions and decisions and stood by them. If he can do this, then why can’t we?

This response ability gives rise to what we call as being “responsible”. This ability to make a choice is the stepping stone to forging our characters. The habit of taking impulsive decisions is a step towards self-destruction.

So, before becoming a people’s manager, we must learn to manage our self because personal management comes first and is rather a foundation for a successful team management.
So are you response-able?

The choice is yours….......