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Positive emotional energy is the key to health,
happiness
and wellbeing.
The more
positive you
are, the better your life will be in every area.
Your Main Energy Source.
Here’s the important point. Positive emotions give you energy, while
negative emotions deplete your energy. When you are
excited
and happy and are interacting with people you
love and enjoy, you sparkle with energy and enthusiasm. When you are
angry or depressed, or negative for any reason, you feel tired and
frustrated and, eventually, burned out.
You Burn A Lot of Energy.
It takes 1,000 units of physical energy to operate your body and you do not
do physical labor, that physical energy can be refined in your body to
produce 100 units of emotional energy. Emotional energy is a far more
refined form of energy, and it is absolutely essential to healthy emotional
functioning.
Creating Mental Energy.
If you do not consume all your energy units in the expression of negative
emotions, such as fear, doubt, anger, and resentment, your emotional
energies are conserved. If your energy is conserved at one level, your body
continues to refine it into higher and better energy. 100 units of emotional
energy thus conserved will be refined by your body into 10 units of mental
energy.
Anger Is A Killer.
You’ve probably heard someone described as “shaking with anger.” When a
person is shaking with anger, it is an indication that he has burned up the
glucose or sugar-based energy in his system, and he is actually weak from
his angry outburst.
Keep Yourself Calm.
Another characteristic of
very successful people
is that they keep themselves calm much longer than the average person does.
They are more relaxed, more genial, and more
in
control of their emotions. They are very aware that expressions of
negative emotion deprive them of the energy they need to be effective in the
more important things they do. They don’t allow themselves to become upset
or angry over little things, or even over large things. They remain
objective and detached.
Don’t Take Things Personally.
Successful people
stand back and refuse to take things personally. They do not allow
themselves to get drawn into arguments or other people’s problems. They save
their energy for more productive purposes. The whole purpose of physical
relaxation is to allow yourself to recharge your emotional and mental
batteries. You don’t engage in physical relaxation so much to relax your
physical body because it’s likely you don’t work that hard with your body.
The aim of rest and relaxation is more to build up your mental and emotional
energies and thereby improve the overall quality of
your life.
Action
Exercises
Here are three things you can do immediately to put these ideas into action:
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Keep your thoughts on your
dreams and
goals,
and keep them off of the things and people that cause you stress and
negative emotions. This is not easy, but it’s very important.
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Preserve your emotional energy by staying calm and positive in difficult
situations rather than allowing yourself to be upset or angry.
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Take
ample time to rest completely so you can recharge your physical and
emotional batteries. The better rested you are, the more effective you
will be.
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