Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response.
It starts by acknowledging that the space exists. Most of us don’t even know it’s there. We see a Twitter post about a book someone likes, the post has a link to Amazon, we click the “one click buy” button, and then we own a book with little to no thought.
So we need to practice pausing once we’re in that space between. The advice to use cash or to lock up the credit cards can be useful here if it creates space between our desire to buy and our actual buying. It can also be as simple as training ourselves to notice the desire. How does it feel to want something? To read more from CARL RICHARDS, click here.