“How do you feel?”

“I feel fine.”

“No, what are you feeling right now?  Are you angry, happy, bitter, tired or what?”

“Oh, I don’t know, I never really thought about it.  I guess, I’m just fine.”

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Periodically, throughout the day, you need to take a “body inventory” as well as an “emotional inventory.”  When you understand your current “emotional state” you can adjust and adapt accordingly, if necessary.

Suppose you are at work today, and a co-worker gives you a task to do.  You do not understand the purpose of the task, and start to develop a little bit of “bitterness.”  If you feel your emotions moving towards the “negative” spectrum, you can quickly get control of your thoughts to keep your “emotional state” in the “positive” side of the spectrum.

Think of the “emotional spectrum” as a line, with the negative side to the left and the positive side to the right.  At “zero” is the point of neither negative or positive.  There are no endpoints, so there is unlimited potential for positive emotions, as well as an unlimited potential for negative emotions.

When you feel yourself starting to move toward the negative, such as the case above.  You start to wonder why you have to do this work, when it seems to be someone else’s job.  Now you start to wonder why your co-worker got the promotion instead of you.  Then you begin to think about how your boss likes your co-worker better than you.  Etc., etc.

As you go through this thought process you can feel your shoulders start to lower, as you slouch into your chair.  You begin to feel a sense of tiredness, as the bitterness enters your mind.  The cycle continues.  Pretty soon, you become a bit angry, and are ready to “blow” at the next person who assigns you a task.  Stop!

Change your thoughts.  Change your thoughts to one of gratitude.  Think about how happy you were to get this job.  Remember how difficult it was when you were out of work.  Be grateful for a job indoors, while the heat is approaching triple digits.  Show gratitude that your co-worker trusts you with the assigned tasks – knowing that you will do a good job.

Let yourself, move back to the positive side of the emotional spectrum, and get back to the tasks at hand.  Simply changing your thoughts and shifting your attitude allows for you to find the “good” in nearly any situation.  Showing gratitude for being able to work, and having a job, also is a good place to start, in the emotional shift sometimes required to get to the positive side of the spectrum.

When we take a periodic inventory of our emotional state, which we refer to as your “emotional radar” you can make small adjustments to your thinking and keep yourself in a state of positivity.    You can also look at your current physical state, to see how you are doing as well.  Are you sitting tall, and energetic, or slouching and falling asleep?  Sit up, change your thoughts, and bring in the energy that is available to everyone.

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As you traverse through your day, set an “alarm” when you slip into the negative side of the emotional spectrum.  When that happens, quickly change your thoughts and move back to a day of positivity!

Written Tue, Jun 24, 2014 7:56 – 8:07 AM MT