Impulsive reactions can be dangerous (My Experience)

To be impulsive means to be inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration.

Self Control is the ability to do positive things and refrain from negative things even when you feel justified to take a negative path immediately.

I realize that whenever i respond to situations the way I feel impulsively and emotionally It's always perceived wrongly.

So! what are the things I should be learning to do?

Learning to discern impulse before responding
You can't predict positive outcome of an impulsive person. I experienced being impulsive lately at my place of work.

I resumed an hour late to work that day, my boss was around and she queried me, my other work mates already fixing a particular stand for our outdoor equipments, actually! i went to meet them but it seem to me they don't require my input and i don't even know how to come in since i came in late. So! i didn't really get involved with them but i was watching.😃 I was wrong!.. I was supposed to find something doing with them at all cost. my bad😕😕

After a while my boss queried me again of being absent minded at work and not joining other workers as expected.

Immediately! I felt the need to justify myself by saying No! that I didn't want to intrude them anyhow!!😃 another error! my bad😕😕

She got angry at my statement and said using the word intrude means I'm an outsider and implies I'm not one of them again. I was suspended🙆.

If I had controlled myself not to respond rather join them immediately she spoke without trying to justify myself I believe I won't have entered that error.
Nevertheless! I'm not perfect, i learnt my lesson. So I apologized to her and promised to make amends. I was pardoned🙌🙌😃

Now I have learnt to be very conscious of what to say in any given situation. An impulsive man becomes nothing but blacklisted.

Always exercise patience to process the consequence of your action before acting. Once you decide to always listen before you react you have sentenced yourself to patience and self control.

Conclusively! Self Control enhances the consciousness of better outcome, help deny instant self gratification for higher things, commitment to higher results, staying away from where you should stay away like impulsive responses, anger, arguments etc. which will help secure your peace, reputation, productivity and progress ultimately.