Emotion and Motivation
Emotion and motivation plays an important role in success |
Emotion and motivation go together hand in hand. Indeed, emotions play an important part in our lives, and even more so in self improvement. Often times, successful people are those who know how to take control of their emotions and use it to their benefit. The best sportsmen and women are able to stay calm in the heat of the competition. And whenever they meet setbacks, they usually come right back immediately with a crushing performance and winning streak. According to Napolean Hill in his book ‘Think and Grow Rich’, when emotion and desire are used together , it creates a very powerful manifesting energy. Emotion and motivation energizes your desire and gives it power and momentum. With emotion and motivation, your true power of intent will shine through. When used wisely, your emotion and motivation can be a powerful force which helps you achieve great things. With most people living their lives being controlled by emotions, I guess it’s quite obvious that emotions are more than just ‘fleeting feelings’. Many times the actions that we choose to take or not take are due to our emotions. We choose our actions based on what emotion we want to experience, and what emotions we want to avoid. For example, when you were a kid, what determined whether you’d put up your hand to answer the teacher’s question? It depends on what you want more. To get the pleasure & recognition from answering the question correctly, or to avoid the embarrassment of answering wrongly? Or you have an idea to improve your company’s performance. If your idea is accepted, you’ll get recognition & praise, however on the other hand, it might be rejected. If you can’t handle the hurt and rejection, that idea is just gonna stay in your head forever. If you want to take control of your life, you’ve got to master the skill of controlling emotions. Are you emotionally empty? How many emotions do you feel daily? Do you get excited?
Emotion and motivation go together hand in hand. Indeed, emotions play an important part in our lives, and even more so in self improvement. Often times, successful people are those who know how to take control of their emotions and use it to their benefit. The best sportsmen and women are able to stay calm in the heat of the competition. And whenever they meet setbacks, they usually come right back immediately with a crushing performance and winning streak. According to Napolean Hill in his book ‘Think and Grow Rich’, when emotion and desire are used together , it creates a very powerful manifesting energy. Emotion and motivation energizes your desire and gives it power and momentum. With emotion and motivation, your true power of intent will shine through. When used wisely, your emotion and motivation can be a powerful force which helps you achieve great things. With most people living their lives being controlled by emotions, I guess it’s quite obvious that emotions are more than just ‘fleeting feelings’. Many times the actions that we choose to take or not take are due to our emotions. We choose our actions based on what emotion we want to experience, and what emotions we want to avoid. For example, when you were a kid, what determined whether you’d put up your hand to answer the teacher’s question? It depends on what you want more. To get the pleasure & recognition from answering the question correctly, or to avoid the embarrassment of answering wrongly? Or you have an idea to improve your company’s performance. If your idea is accepted, you’ll get recognition & praise, however on the other hand, it might be rejected. If you can’t handle the hurt and rejection, that idea is just gonna stay in your head forever. If you want to take control of your life, you’ve got to master the skill of controlling emotions. Are you emotionally empty? How many emotions do you feel daily? Do you get excited?