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The 7 Gemstones of Impulsive: Pause and Process

1. Take the time to talk yourself through your process. Pause and ask yourself are you reflecting the style behavior you want to reflect.

2. Before you decide to take action, write down what happened, who is responsible for what happened, and your desired outcome.

3. Active listening is a great tool to help you get out of your own thoughts. This techniques allows you to slow down, which enables you to think before you act.

4. Slow down how you react by writing out sample scenarios of how you should or could respond to an upcoming decision. This slows down impulsive reactions.

5. Understand why you're impulsive. Get off of autopilot so when you are about to jump or have jumped to conclusions, you stop, reflect, and understand what's driving the behavior. ... 

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