Motivation & consequences

So there are two extremes concerning how people respond/react to a action/stimulus: There those that act quick and impulsively. Then those that think it through thoroughly and not until every detail is settled will they act or respond. This, in my mind is set up as a continuum where the most ideal point might be at the midpoint between the extremes.

And so it goes that each pole has it's consequences, positive and negative.

Those that are quick to act may be labeled as the type that 'fly off the handle'. Though this cliche has gained a somewhat negative connotation there are certain perks. When the time is nigh you say exactly what is on your mind. Now this can be fantastic! It has been said that timing is everything and there is no substitute for a well-timed response. Now the other side, because it can't be all good, is that you regret deeply what you have said or done and destroy something that could have been great.

Now, for the opposite. Think it out because 'slow and steady wins the race'. Do nothing until the facts and opinions have been sorted. It is sometimes best to hold back and let the other side defeat itself or gather your thoughts and post a precise rebuttal (whether it verbal or round-house style). Now the the balance is satisfied in the situation where the moment to speak comes and goes and you are left speechless. You waited too late and your indecisiveness has cost you the opportunity of a lifetime.

I find myself in the later camp the majority of the time. There are times I wish that I was more defensive and impulsive but, then I guess the 'grass is always greener'. I the trouble with waiting is that it takes so long and the issue with acting quickly is that there is no time to think. I find myself thinking through this yin yang when faced with a decision. Unfortunately, it usually only serves as an additional intermediary step before the choice is made.

In reality the reaction is dependent on the initial action.

I like finding the most simplistic version of a thing. I really dig those ancient philosophies like that of the pre-Socratic Heraclitus who recognized the most powerful thing as he saw it, fire, as the end all. All is fire, it's just that some matter/people/things have more than others. What is most astonishing to you? Would you be ok with that being responsible for your creation? Of course we have come a ways from his early thinking, to a mix a fire and water, to the four elements all the way through to the periodic table. I think that there are times when the fire guy kind of theory comes in handy. 

Let me know what you think. It's just observation, certainly not fact and nothing that I will take offense to if you do not agree. So tear it apart :)

All is going to be ok