Week 10, "John Maxwell Book"

Principle, "Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it." 

It really is true, that there are many occurrences in our lives, good and bad, big and small, but our reactions is what sets the tone of how our life will play out. 

When you have certain things happen to you, it can either be the end of the world, or not a big deal.  This is how this principle applies to our lives, every little thing that happens to us can either stress us out and put us in a bad mood or we can control our attitudes and then let these things not get to us.  Our reactions are things that we can control and learn to change.  Not everything in the world is about us, and we must remember that to see if we are reacting selfishly, selflessly or even some way different than either of those...

If you are in a leadership position and are leading others, how you react to things is setting an example.  If you continually react in a negative manner, people are going to question your leadership.  90% is a pretty big percentage and we must remember that we can control how we react.