Enthusiasm is contagious.
You get pumped up. Excited. You’re off and running, ideas buzzing, resourceful, productive, moving fast.
This rubs off on others, and for a while, the enthusiasm feeds and reproduces. Enthusiasm begets enthusiasm.
Though it can’t last forever, your emotions need to rest too. This respite doesn’t need to last for long, and your enthusiasm will need to be triggered again, then the excitement returns.
What is happening is well known to the emotional intelligence experts.
Unfortunately, exactly the same happens with negative emotions.
S**t happens. You descent into worry, fear, disappointment. This spreads. Your world becomes dark, other things look worse. And if you look like thunder, those around you will be impacted too, and a vicious cycle is established.
Interrupting this can take a Herculean effort because emotions don’t operate by logical rules – at least not in ways we can understand with rationality.
I believe that the emotions you most often experience (allow yourself to experience) are the ones that are most likely to keep showing up in your life. Emotional habits (addictions?).
The consequence?
If you invest in positive emotions, you’ll get more positive emotions in return. If you invest in negative emotions, you’ll get more negative emotions showing up in your life.
And here’s the real kicker…
Epigeneticists are now discovering that the emotions you experience lay down chemical residue in your body, emotional markers. These surround your cells and can actually affect your genes. Switching different genes on or off.
Which means that if you keep experiencing negative emotions you are physically altering your body.
Time to adjust your investment portfolio?
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