Manufacture Your Day by LEARNING TO CONTROL YOUR EMOTIONS
There may be times when you quickly skip over my messages and I get it, you are a busy person. However, I do believe you should really read this message to the very end.
I know that most people in manufacturing companies do not want to talk about emotions. Some still think that there is no room for emotions at the workplace.
I would like to put a different spin on it. Thankfully we are emotional creatures. That’s part of life and emotions can make us feel alive. Who wants to be surrounded by robots?
I observe emotions on a daily basis in form of anger, fear, stress, worry, anxiety but also in form of passion, hope, desire, gratitude and pride.
Fact is that the quality of your life experience depends on where you live emotionally.
Please know that this is written by a very emotional person. Over the years I have become better to recognize what triggers my emotional state. I think this makes me a very good coach when it comes to anger management because I can relate to the people who are going through it.
My intention is to explode less and breathe more.
The moment you manage to stop yourself before you react, you will change the course of your life.
4 Steps to remember:
- Stop
- Think
- Breathe deeply
- Respond responsibly
It is so easy to cause pain to others (at home and at work), and we should also think about who is causing us pain and why we allowing it. Are you ready to be in control rather than being controlled?
I know that some of my readers really like metaphor stories. That’s why I would like to share another good one. Enjoy!
Nail In The Fence:
“There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.
The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down.
He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.
Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all. He told his father about it; and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.
The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.
The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, “You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won’t matter how many times you say I’m sorry, the wound is still there.”
Isn’t it true that a verbal wound can be just as bad as a physical one?
Food for Thought:
How many holes have you left in other people’s fences?
Please read:
How to Control Your Emotions So That Your Emotions Don’t Control You
