#triggers — Public Fediverse posts

Arcade Idle Components #Gamedevelopment #Uielements #Charactercontroller #Triggers #Resourcesystem #Gamedevelopmenttools #AssetStore

https://u3dn.com/packages/arcade-idle-components-248852

https://nkvssp.thecomicseries.com/comics/661/
Retraining old body signals matters

#kitteh #puppy #yelling #triggers #relearning #TuesdayMorning #webcomics #webcomicchat #comicbookhour #comics#nkvssp #youmatter #body #signals #shaking #doesnthavetobethatway #behaving #tuesdayThought #vibecheck

https://nkvssp.thecomicseries.com/comics/661/
Retraining old body signals matters

#kitteh #puppy #yelling #triggers #relearning #TuesdayMorning #webcomics #webcomicchat #comicbookhour #comics#nkvssp #youmatter #body #signals #shaking #doesnthavetobethatway #behaving #tuesdayThought #vibecheck

https://nkvssp.thecomicseries.com/comics/661/
Retraining old body signals matters

#kitteh #puppy #yelling #triggers #relearning #TuesdayMorning #webcomics #webcomicchat #comicbookhour #comics#nkvssp #youmatter #body #signals #shaking #doesnthavetobethatway #behaving #tuesdayThought #vibecheck

“You should never wait for the world to catch up to your obsolescence." - Futurist Jim Carroll

Here's a truth to consider: your gut feels the pivot long before your head admits it.

Sometimes we are forced into a career change or pivot. Other times, we need to make the decision on our own.

Either way, it's a gut-wrenching moment.

I know that when I was thinking about leaving the corporate world behind back in 1990, I was pretty miserable. My career track had changed due to a merger; my opportunities vanished; my successful path forward was now in doubt. And yet, I struggled mightily with the idea of moving from career certainty to becoming a self-employed unknown chasing a future that didn't yet exist.

But I went through with it, and it turned out to be the right thing to do.

Here's what I've learned in the decades since: when a pivot is forced on you, you go through something a lot like the stages of grief: shock, denial, anger, and eventually acceptance. When the pivot is your own choice, the same thing happens, just in slow motion. You sit in denial that things have to change. You get angry that they have to. And eventually, hopefully, you accept it.

As I wrote in my book Now What? Reinvention and the Role of Optimism in Finding Your New Future, the faster you get to acceptance, the quicker you can reinvent.

So how do you get to acceptance? You learn to recognize the signals. Some triggers will tell you when it's time:

The expiry of your relevance

The "soul-crushing" signal

The need for reinvention velocity

The "Sunday night" signal

Read about them in the full post.

And one trigger that sits apart from the rest: if you are drowning your career misery in substance abuse, the pivot question has already answered itself. The first move isn't a career change. It's getting help, from yourself or from someone trained to give it. The pivot comes after.

Here's the filter, though: not every bad week is a signal. Burnout, a difficult client, a rough quarter — those are weather, not climate. The triggers above only matter when they become persistent, structural, and patterned. If a vacation fixes it, it wasn't a pivot signal.

You should never find yourself thinking "I should have jumped sooner."

Because when you wonder if it's time to pivot, it probably already is.

---
Futurist Jim Carroll is writing this series, The Art of the Infinite Pivot, because he thinks he has mastered the art of the pivot!

**#Obsolescence** **#Pivot** **#Gut** **#Signals** **#Acceptance** **#Change** **#Reinvention** **#Relevance** **#Triggers** **#Career** **#Freelance** **#Lessons** **#Denial** **#Grief** **#Movement** **#NowWhat** **#Optimism** **#Soul** **#AI** **#Recognition**

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2026/05/decoding-tomorrow-the-infinite-pivot-series-28-you-should-never-wait-for-the-world-to-catch-up-to-your-obsolescence/

“You should never wait for the world to catch up to your obsolescence." - Futurist Jim Carroll

Here's a truth to consider: your gut feels the pivot long before your head admits it.

Sometimes we are forced into a career change or pivot. Other times, we need to make the decision on our own.

Either way, it's a gut-wrenching moment.

I know that when I was thinking about leaving the corporate world behind back in 1990, I was pretty miserable. My career track had changed due to a merger; my opportunities vanished; my successful path forward was now in doubt. And yet, I struggled mightily with the idea of moving from career certainty to becoming a self-employed unknown chasing a future that didn't yet exist.

But I went through with it, and it turned out to be the right thing to do.

Here's what I've learned in the decades since: when a pivot is forced on you, you go through something a lot like the stages of grief: shock, denial, anger, and eventually acceptance. When the pivot is your own choice, the same thing happens, just in slow motion. You sit in denial that things have to change. You get angry that they have to. And eventually, hopefully, you accept it.

As I wrote in my book Now What? Reinvention and the Role of Optimism in Finding Your New Future, the faster you get to acceptance, the quicker you can reinvent.

So how do you get to acceptance? You learn to recognize the signals. Some triggers will tell you when it's time:

The expiry of your relevance

The "soul-crushing" signal

The need for reinvention velocity

The "Sunday night" signal

Read about them in the full post.

And one trigger that sits apart from the rest: if you are drowning your career misery in substance abuse, the pivot question has already answered itself. The first move isn't a career change. It's getting help, from yourself or from someone trained to give it. The pivot comes after.

Here's the filter, though: not every bad week is a signal. Burnout, a difficult client, a rough quarter — those are weather, not climate. The triggers above only matter when they become persistent, structural, and patterned. If a vacation fixes it, it wasn't a pivot signal.

You should never find yourself thinking "I should have jumped sooner."

Because when you wonder if it's time to pivot, it probably already is.

---
Futurist Jim Carroll is writing this series, The Art of the Infinite Pivot, because he thinks he has mastered the art of the pivot!

**#Obsolescence** **#Pivot** **#Gut** **#Signals** **#Acceptance** **#Change** **#Reinvention** **#Relevance** **#Triggers** **#Career** **#Freelance** **#Lessons** **#Denial** **#Grief** **#Movement** **#NowWhat** **#Optimism** **#Soul** **#AI** **#Recognition**

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2026/05/decoding-tomorrow-the-infinite-pivot-series-28-you-should-never-wait-for-the-world-to-catch-up-to-your-obsolescence/

“You should never wait for the world to catch up to your obsolescence." - Futurist Jim Carroll

Here's a truth to consider: your gut feels the pivot long before your head admits it.

Sometimes we are forced into a career change or pivot. Other times, we need to make the decision on our own.

Either way, it's a gut-wrenching moment.

I know that when I was thinking about leaving the corporate world behind back in 1990, I was pretty miserable. My career track had changed due to a merger; my opportunities vanished; my successful path forward was now in doubt. And yet, I struggled mightily with the idea of moving from career certainty to becoming a self-employed unknown chasing a future that didn't yet exist.

But I went through with it, and it turned out to be the right thing to do.

Here's what I've learned in the decades since: when a pivot is forced on you, you go through something a lot like the stages of grief: shock, denial, anger, and eventually acceptance. When the pivot is your own choice, the same thing happens, just in slow motion. You sit in denial that things have to change. You get angry that they have to. And eventually, hopefully, you accept it.

As I wrote in my book Now What? Reinvention and the Role of Optimism in Finding Your New Future, the faster you get to acceptance, the quicker you can reinvent.

So how do you get to acceptance? You learn to recognize the signals. Some triggers will tell you when it's time:

The expiry of your relevance

The "soul-crushing" signal

The need for reinvention velocity

The "Sunday night" signal

Read about them in the full post.

And one trigger that sits apart from the rest: if you are drowning your career misery in substance abuse, the pivot question has already answered itself. The first move isn't a career change. It's getting help, from yourself or from someone trained to give it. The pivot comes after.

Here's the filter, though: not every bad week is a signal. Burnout, a difficult client, a rough quarter — those are weather, not climate. The triggers above only matter when they become persistent, structural, and patterned. If a vacation fixes it, it wasn't a pivot signal.

You should never find yourself thinking "I should have jumped sooner."

Because when you wonder if it's time to pivot, it probably already is.

---
Futurist Jim Carroll is writing this series, The Art of the Infinite Pivot, because he thinks he has mastered the art of the pivot!

**#Obsolescence** **#Pivot** **#Gut** **#Signals** **#Acceptance** **#Change** **#Reinvention** **#Relevance** **#Triggers** **#Career** **#Freelance** **#Lessons** **#Denial** **#Grief** **#Movement** **#NowWhat** **#Optimism** **#Soul** **#AI** **#Recognition**

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2026/05/decoding-tomorrow-the-infinite-pivot-series-28-you-should-never-wait-for-the-world-to-catch-up-to-your-obsolescence/

“You should never wait for the world to catch up to your obsolescence." - Futurist Jim Carroll

Here's a truth to consider: your gut feels the pivot long before your head admits it.

Sometimes we are forced into a career change or pivot. Other times, we need to make the decision on our own.

Either way, it's a gut-wrenching moment.

I know that when I was thinking about leaving the corporate world behind back in 1990, I was pretty miserable. My career track had changed due to a merger; my opportunities vanished; my successful path forward was now in doubt. And yet, I struggled mightily with the idea of moving from career certainty to becoming a self-employed unknown chasing a future that didn't yet exist.

But I went through with it, and it turned out to be the right thing to do.

Here's what I've learned in the decades since: when a pivot is forced on you, you go through something a lot like the stages of grief: shock, denial, anger, and eventually acceptance. When the pivot is your own choice, the same thing happens, just in slow motion. You sit in denial that things have to change. You get angry that they have to. And eventually, hopefully, you accept it.

As I wrote in my book Now What? Reinvention and the Role of Optimism in Finding Your New Future, the faster you get to acceptance, the quicker you can reinvent.

So how do you get to acceptance? You learn to recognize the signals. Some triggers will tell you when it's time:

The expiry of your relevance

The "soul-crushing" signal

The need for reinvention velocity

The "Sunday night" signal

Read about them in the full post.

And one trigger that sits apart from the rest: if you are drowning your career misery in substance abuse, the pivot question has already answered itself. The first move isn't a career change. It's getting help, from yourself or from someone trained to give it. The pivot comes after.

Here's the filter, though: not every bad week is a signal. Burnout, a difficult client, a rough quarter — those are weather, not climate. The triggers above only matter when they become persistent, structural, and patterned. If a vacation fixes it, it wasn't a pivot signal.

You should never find yourself thinking "I should have jumped sooner."

Because when you wonder if it's time to pivot, it probably already is.

---
Futurist Jim Carroll is writing this series, The Art of the Infinite Pivot, because he thinks he has mastered the art of the pivot!

**#Obsolescence** **#Pivot** **#Gut** **#Signals** **#Acceptance** **#Change** **#Reinvention** **#Relevance** **#Triggers** **#Career** **#Freelance** **#Lessons** **#Denial** **#Grief** **#Movement** **#NowWhat** **#Optimism** **#Soul** **#AI** **#Recognition**

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2026/05/decoding-tomorrow-the-infinite-pivot-series-28-you-should-never-wait-for-the-world-to-catch-up-to-your-obsolescence/

“You should never wait for the world to catch up to your obsolescence." - Futurist Jim Carroll

Here's a truth to consider: your gut feels the pivot long before your head admits it.

Sometimes we are forced into a career change or pivot. Other times, we need to make the decision on our own.

Either way, it's a gut-wrenching moment.

I know that when I was thinking about leaving the corporate world behind back in 1990, I was pretty miserable. My career track had changed due to a merger; my opportunities vanished; my successful path forward was now in doubt. And yet, I struggled mightily with the idea of moving from career certainty to becoming a self-employed unknown chasing a future that didn't yet exist.

But I went through with it, and it turned out to be the right thing to do.

Here's what I've learned in the decades since: when a pivot is forced on you, you go through something a lot like the stages of grief: shock, denial, anger, and eventually acceptance. When the pivot is your own choice, the same thing happens, just in slow motion. You sit in denial that things have to change. You get angry that they have to. And eventually, hopefully, you accept it.

As I wrote in my book Now What? Reinvention and the Role of Optimism in Finding Your New Future, the faster you get to acceptance, the quicker you can reinvent.

So how do you get to acceptance? You learn to recognize the signals. Some triggers will tell you when it's time:

The expiry of your relevance

The "soul-crushing" signal

The need for reinvention velocity

The "Sunday night" signal

Read about them in the full post.

And one trigger that sits apart from the rest: if you are drowning your career misery in substance abuse, the pivot question has already answered itself. The first move isn't a career change. It's getting help, from yourself or from someone trained to give it. The pivot comes after.

Here's the filter, though: not every bad week is a signal. Burnout, a difficult client, a rough quarter — those are weather, not climate. The triggers above only matter when they become persistent, structural, and patterned. If a vacation fixes it, it wasn't a pivot signal.

You should never find yourself thinking "I should have jumped sooner."

Because when you wonder if it's time to pivot, it probably already is.

---
Futurist Jim Carroll is writing this series, The Art of the Infinite Pivot, because he thinks he has mastered the art of the pivot!

**#Obsolescence** **#Pivot** **#Gut** **#Signals** **#Acceptance** **#Change** **#Reinvention** **#Relevance** **#Triggers** **#Career** **#Freelance** **#Lessons** **#Denial** **#Grief** **#Movement** **#NowWhat** **#Optimism** **#Soul** **#AI** **#Recognition**

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2026/05/decoding-tomorrow-the-infinite-pivot-series-28-you-should-never-wait-for-the-world-to-catch-up-to-your-obsolescence/

Before the next time something makes you screaming #frustrated -

The 90-second emotional reset that's changing lives and is backed by Harvard science https://www.upworthy.com/mo-gawdat-happiness-90-seconds-rule-ex1/

#anxiety #cortisol #adrenaline #triggers #fightorflight #angermanagement #mentalhealth

Before the next time something makes you screaming #frustrated -

The 90-second emotional reset that's changing lives and is backed by Harvard science https://www.upworthy.com/mo-gawdat-happiness-90-seconds-rule-ex1/

#anxiety #cortisol #adrenaline #triggers #fightorflight #angermanagement #mentalhealth

Before the next time something makes you screaming #frustrated -

The 90-second emotional reset that's changing lives and is backed by Harvard science https://www.upworthy.com/mo-gawdat-happiness-90-seconds-rule-ex1/

#anxiety #cortisol #adrenaline #triggers #fightorflight #angermanagement #mentalhealth

Before the next time something makes you screaming #frustrated -

The 90-second emotional reset that's changing lives and is backed by Harvard science https://www.upworthy.com/mo-gawdat-happiness-90-seconds-rule-ex1/

#anxiety #cortisol #adrenaline #triggers #fightorflight #angermanagement #mentalhealth

Before the next time something makes you screaming #frustrated -

The 90-second emotional reset that's changing lives and is backed by Harvard science https://www.upworthy.com/mo-gawdat-happiness-90-seconds-rule-ex1/

#anxiety #cortisol #adrenaline #triggers #fightorflight #angermanagement #mentalhealth

Why Certain Moments Hit Harder Than They “Should” #trigger #triggers

https://everwonderwhydigest.wordpress.com/2026/04/26/digest-triggers/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

CCS Events #Triggers #Trigger #System #Tool #Unity #Event #C #Events #AssetStore

https://u3dn.com/packages/ccs-events-192081

Model collapse is happening

https://cacm.acm.org/blogcacm/model-collapse-is-already-happening-we-just-pretend-it-isnt/

#HackerNews #ModelCollapse #AI #Triggers #Innovation #TechnologyTrends #HackerNews

Model collapse is happening

https://cacm.acm.org/blogcacm/model-collapse-is-already-happening-we-just-pretend-it-isnt/

#HackerNews #ModelCollapse #AI #Triggers #Innovation #TechnologyTrends #HackerNews

Model collapse is happening

https://cacm.acm.org/blogcacm/model-collapse-is-already-happening-we-just-pretend-it-isnt/

#HackerNews #ModelCollapse #AI #Triggers #Innovation #TechnologyTrends #HackerNews

Model collapse is happening

https://cacm.acm.org/blogcacm/model-collapse-is-already-happening-we-just-pretend-it-isnt/

#HackerNews #ModelCollapse #AI #Triggers #Innovation #TechnologyTrends #HackerNews

Model collapse is happening

https://cacm.acm.org/blogcacm/model-collapse-is-already-happening-we-just-pretend-it-isnt/

#HackerNews #ModelCollapse #AI #Triggers #Innovation #TechnologyTrends #HackerNews

#BTW: #IF #TheProspect of #Showcasing #AISupermodels via #TheInternet #Triggers you into a #Rage of #Incoherent, #Incomprehensible #BLOCKCAPITALS with #LittleRegard for #Grammar and #Punctuation; #THEN...

#Shame... #NoOneCares...

🧙⚕️🤖:wolfparty:🤖⚕️🧙 | :fediverse:​🦹:PirateBadge:​🦄​:PirateBadge:​🦹:fediverse:

#KellyBoesch: I Love The Dance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q9exMT4D5M

Fall in South Korea's KOSPI triggers circuit breakers, trading halted

https://misryoum.com/us/economy/fall-in-south-koreas-kospi-triggers-circuit-breakers/

Red candle stick chart moves down. Business graph, stock market crash, financial figures, crisis and economic drepession. | Photo Credit: Torsten Asmus ​South ‌Korea's benchmark KOSPI stock ​index ⁠fell more than ‌8% to trigger ‌circuit breakers ‌at ⁠0131 ⁠GMT...

#Fall #South #Koreas #KOSPI #triggers #circuit #breakers #trading #halted #US_News_Hub #misryoum_com

One bright silver lining of the COVID pandemic is that it's given me the opportunity to work on building good habits.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/facilitating-change/2022/10/building-good-habits

#CreatingGoodHabits #HowTo #LifeLessons #triggers #timers #GTD

One bright silver lining of the COVID pandemic is that it's given me the opportunity to work on building good habits.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/facilitating-change/2022/10/building-good-habits

#CreatingGoodHabits #HowTo #LifeLessons #triggers #timers #GTD

One bright silver lining of the COVID pandemic is that it's given me the opportunity to work on building good habits.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/facilitating-change/2022/10/building-good-habits

#CreatingGoodHabits #HowTo #LifeLessons #triggers #timers #GTD

One bright silver lining of the COVID pandemic is that it's given me the opportunity to work on building good habits.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/facilitating-change/2022/10/building-good-habits

#CreatingGoodHabits #HowTo #LifeLessons #triggers #timers #GTD

The official music video for “Triggers (ft. John Serrano)” is live.

There is only now.

Watch → https://youtu.be/6dwO44d0D2Y

#AltPop #NewMusicAU #MusicVideo #MostEpicDream #Triggers #OfficialMusicVideo

The official music video for “Triggers (ft. John Serrano)” is live.

There is only now.

Watch → https://youtu.be/6dwO44d0D2Y

#AltPop #NewMusicAU #MusicVideo #MostEpicDream #Triggers #OfficialMusicVideo

The official music video for “Triggers (ft. John Serrano)” is live.

There is only now.

Watch → https://youtu.be/6dwO44d0D2Y

#AltPop #NewMusicAU #MusicVideo #MostEpicDream #Triggers #OfficialMusicVideo

The official music video for “Triggers (ft. John Serrano)” is live.

There is only now.

Watch → https://youtu.be/6dwO44d0D2Y

#AltPop #NewMusicAU #MusicVideo #MostEpicDream #Triggers #OfficialMusicVideo

Cascading Grid Failure Triggers Widespread Power Outages Across Ukraine and Moldova https://www.byteseu.com/1763839/ #a #According #across #affected #after #and #as #Cascading #Cities #disrupted #electricity #failure #Grid #has #Islam #key #lines #local #major #Moldova #multiple #neighboring #of #officials #outage #outages #parts #power #times #to #transmission #triggers #Ukraine #well #widespread

Cascading Grid Failure Triggers Widespread Power Outages Across Ukraine and Moldova

Islam Times – A major power outage has affected multiple cities across…
#Moldova #MD #Europe #Europa #EU #a #according #across #affected #after #And #as #Cascading #Cities #disrupted #electricity #failure #grid #has #Islam #key #Lines #local #major #multiple #neighboring #of #officials #outage #Outages #parts #power #Times #TO #transmission #triggers #Ukraine #well #widespread
https://www.europesays.com/2745470/

Hay palabras que son como "gatillos" para ellos (triggers). Si les nombrás "comunismo", por ejemplo, es como el trapo rojo para el toro. Ya dejan de pensar. No importa lo bueno que sea tu argumento, la palabra "comunismo" les sirve de excusa para no reconocer la validez de tu respuesta y no aceptar lo que está bien. Entonces, dan rienda suelta a "la propaganda de la Guerra Fría grabada en sus cerebros".

#Gatillos #Triggers #Politica #Comunismo #Socialismo

Hay palabras que son como "gatillos" para ellos (triggers). Si les nombrás "comunismo", por ejemplo, es como el trapo rojo para el toro. Ya dejan de pensar. No importa lo bueno que sea tu argumento, la palabra "comunismo" les sirve de excusa para no reconocer la validez de tu respuesta y no aceptar lo que está bien. Entonces, dan rienda suelta a "la propaganda de la Guerra Fría grabada en sus cerebros".

#Gatillos #Triggers #Politica #Comunismo #Socialismo

https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/mental-health/anxiety/anxiety-triggers/ “Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illnesses in the U.S., affecting nearly40 million adults.” There are triggers everywhere from relationships to work to the daily news. #health #science #anxiety #triggers #psychology #internet

https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/mental-health/anxiety/anxiety-triggers/ “Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illnesses in the U.S., affecting nearly40 million adults.” There are triggers everywhere from relationships to work to the daily news. #health #science #anxiety #triggers #psychology #internet

https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/mental-health/anxiety/anxiety-triggers/ “Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illnesses in the U.S., affecting nearly40 million adults.” There are triggers everywhere from relationships to work to the daily news. #health #science #anxiety #triggers #psychology #internet

https://medium.com/storyangles/getting-triggered-b0aebcc9f978

Your chest tightens. Your mind starts writing worst-case stories. Nothing dramatic happened. Inside, it feels like danger. That’s a trigger, not you “being too sensitive.”

#triggered #triggers #emotionalhealing #medium #personalgrowth #mentalhealth

https://medium.com/storyangles/getting-triggered-b0aebcc9f978

Your chest tightens. Your mind starts writing worst-case stories. Nothing dramatic happened. Inside, it feels like danger. That’s a trigger, not you “being too sensitive.”

#triggered #triggers #emotionalhealing #medium #personalgrowth #mentalhealth

https://medium.com/storyangles/getting-triggered-b0aebcc9f978

Your chest tightens. Your mind starts writing worst-case stories. Nothing dramatic happened. Inside, it feels like danger. That’s a trigger, not you “being too sensitive.”

#triggered #triggers #emotionalhealing #medium #personalgrowth #mentalhealth

One bright silver lining of the COVID pandemic is that it's given me the opportunity to work on building good habits.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/facilitating-change/2022/10/building-good-habits

#CreatingGoodHabits #HowTo #LifeLessons #triggers #timers #GTD

One bright silver lining of the COVID pandemic is that it's given me the opportunity to work on building good habits.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/facilitating-change/2022/10/building-good-habits

#CreatingGoodHabits #HowTo #LifeLessons #triggers #timers #GTD

My latest attempt at video about an unexpected bipolar disorder trigger.
#bipolar #triggers #bipolarlife

https://youtu.be/Assjx5yOw58

My latest attempt at video about an unexpected bipolar disorder trigger.
#bipolar #triggers #bipolarlife

https://youtu.be/Assjx5yOw58

#Development #Announcements
CSS scroll-triggered animations are coming · Chrome’s next chapter for scroll-based animations https://ilo.im/1694ad

_____
#ModernCSS #Scrolling #Animations #Triggers #Browser #WebDev #Frontend #CSS

On continue les tests avec #Gretschen et les #Triggers.

Trying to connect to my “calm” side 🕯️

https://cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/trying-to-connect-to-my-calm-side-%f0%9f%95%af%ef%b8%8f/

Unhealed people
hear with their
triggers.

Not their ears.

#quotes
#triggers

#triggers #history #psychology

Famous old west gunslinger "Wild Bill" Hickok was once in a classic, middle of main street, duel, just like in the movies. The other guy got off four shots. All of them missed. While the bullets were flying around him, Hickok calmly took aim and put a slug between this guy's eyes.

On another occasion, while working as a sheriff, he rushed outside the sheriff's office to deal with some gunfire that had broken out in the street. He settled it by killing the shooter before anybody else got hurt. Precisely at that instant, his deputy and best friend who had rushed out a few seconds after he had, in order to back him up if he needed it, cocked his single action Colt just behind Hickok's ear. Without pausing to think, Hickok spun around and blew him away. Had that clicking sound been a real threat by a real killer intending to shoot him in the back, a pause would have been fatal. It wasn't a real killer about to shoot him in the back. It was his best friend, trying to help him out.

Hickok was the same person that night as he was when he had remained calm and took aim in the duel with that fool who didn't aim but merely "sprayed and prayed". But when he was jacked on adrenaline, with a fresh body on the ground in front of him, and smoke still wafting from his barrel, the clicking sound of a Colt being cocked "triggered" him and his best friend died on the spot. He was distraught.

There had been a number of witnesses. They all testified at his trial. The jury acquitted him.

Sometimes triggers work, other times not. As Stoics and Buddhists never tire of pointing out, we don't always have control over what happens to us. We can only control how we react. When we take time to compose ourselves first, as Hickok must have done before that duel, we can choose to react or not and how to do whichever course we choose. But when we are surprised, especially when we are already all worked up, we are prone to react to triggering sounds, sights, or whatever, without thinking.

As Stoics, Buddhists, and yours truly, never tire of pointing out, the proper order of behavior is think first and act second. Would that we all could do that every time. But, alas.