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Do you react or respond ?

  When I thought of this question, I begin to wonder what would I do, I try to visualize many scenarios in which I was encountering such a situation and I was trying to come up with my answer. Now you may be wondering what nonsense is he talking about. I came across this question through a speech by Sundar Pichai . It is a speech about the " Cockroach Theory " in Self development. Here's what the theory is on his own words: "At a restaurant, a cockroach suddenly flew from somewhere and sat on one of the ladies in that group. She started screaming out of fear. With a panic-stricken face and trembling voice, she started jumping, with both her hands desperately trying to get rid of the cockroach. Her reaction was contagious, as everyone in her group also got panicky. The lady finally managed to push the cockroach away but ...it landed on another lady in the group. Now, it was the turn of the other lady in the group to continue the drama. The waiter rushed f