I had a mentor of mine ask me this week;  "What is the difference between reacting and responding?"

I really had to  take a moment to think about that.  I saw that reacting was a habitual way of dealing with circumstances, and responding required some time to think, almost meditate of what to say, or do. 

I find that for the most part the world tries to train us to react. We seem to be asked to get an answer fast, get some result fast. But does that give us the best results on what we want to have as outcomes?

Maybe taking just a moment to take a breath, and think things through you will see a solution that will give you better results than your old habitual of response.