20 October 2008
Successful Intentions Newsletter
Hi ,
It's the Scare-Market crash! What are you invested in?
Before you think of asset class, think of which emotions you're most heavily invested in right now.
If you're invested in fear, worry, or sadness you may be losing more than money! Persistence of these emotions is associated with a sense of uncertainty and leads to a narrowing of decision making processes - "paralysis by analysis".
At the same time your neurobiology is switched into survival mode. The hormone cortisol is pumping. You are hypervigilant. You can't sleep, yet you feel exhausted during the day. You crave carbohydrates, and without exercise you stack on the kilos. In the long term you're likely to age faster and lose bone mineral mass!
On the other hand, investing in positive emotions (joy, contentment, gratitude, love) actually helps you to think more broadly and resourcefully in turbulent times. A positive mood is an entirely different way of thinking and functioning.
Barbara Fredrickson, a social psychology professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has found that people who experience positive emotions show heightened levels of creativity, inventiveness, and "big picture" perceptual focus.
Importantly, the return on investment in positive emotions is that you relax back to physiological baseline after stress much faster than those invested in negative emotions. In short, you live longer!
The best way to start shifting your investment out of negative emotions and into positive emotions , is to see each day with gratitude. Stop and look around you. There's much to be grateful for. Despite all the heartache, betrayal, and despair, this is still a beautiful world. Make a wise decision. Commit to finding 5 new things to be grateful for every day. It's a good investment!
- , invest now in the December 12, Coaching for Wisdom one-day workshop here. The workshop is a unique exploration into how to make wise decisions when faced with dilemmas in life. And how to help others do the same. This is the last time the program will be offered, and it will be held at the Sydney campus of the Melbourne Business School, Pyrmont NSW. Send in your registration form now to secure a place, and pay by November 30.
- You can also register here for the inaugural ECI (European Coaching Institute) Australasian Coaching Conference 2008: "The Future of Coaching - Embracing the Opportunities of the 2010's" in Sydney, November 20-22.
Keep your intentions clear,
Peter Webb
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