Thursday, October 1, 2009

Are you Mad?

Anger is one of the 120+ emotions we experience as humans. Along with anger often come disappointment, resentment, hurt, frustration and more. The first thing we need to learn, in business as well as in our personal life, is not to take it out on others when we are feeling any of these emotions.

The second thing we need to learn, is to detach ourselves from these emotions... in a constructive way. If we focus on trying to push them away or under the carpet to forget about them, they will only fester and grow.

The important thing is to acknowledge them and then figure out what the gift associated with them is. WHAT?

Yes, the gift. Everything we experience in life is a gift. Even the challenging, "bad stuff". Now, I'm not a psychologist, but if you study the brain and emotions, they all function to protect or serve us some way. Amongst other reasons, negative emotions can be a defense mechanism to protect us from dealing with an issue at the moment. As long as we don't dwell on and let that emotion thrive forever, it can be a gift.

You're probably saying, "Well, that doesn't really help me right now, when I'm in the middle of it". I agree, it's difficult. Figuring out the lesson often happens after a little time has passed.

But what can you do to move your business forward when you are in the middle of wallowing in some painful emotion and completely distracted?

My recommendation is to take the emotion and use the energy from it. The amount of pent up energy can be considerable. Take that energy, and use it to move forward constructively in your business to achieve your goals.

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