Emotion Management - Thoughts, Words, Optimism & Breadth Control

In Life and Stockmarket, most important thing to conquer or control is our emotions. People live a happy life by controlling their emotions and by holding their anger. People make money in stockmarket by controlling their emotions and not reacting to all the market moves. New position / stock always look better and attractive than the one we hold. If we change our positions frequently, then we will be the big time loser. Compounding doesn't work there.

Let's say when the market is down by 5%, our portfolio might be in red. If we close our existing positions because of this correction, we will lose money. That is exactly what operators are looking for from retail investors. Similarly, if we don't control our emotions in our work space, we might even lose our job or business opportunity.

To control our emotions, we should control our thoughts and control the words we speak. If we are not controlling our thoughts and repeating the negative thoughts again and again in our mind, our emotions will direct us in a wrong way. This will lead to negative actions. Similarly, the words we use have a great impact to our behavior and actions. So, control your thoughts and choose your words to have control over your emotions.

Being optimistic is one of the easiest way to have the positive thoughts and live a happy life. Better to observe and intake the good things in all we see. This will enhance the positive character in us. It was also said, when we control our breath we feel much better and have a controlled emotions. Let's say when we are unhappy and all the negative thoughts run in our mind, and when we breath in and out slowly, we will receive a better feel. It also reduced the stress, depression and anxiety.

A story below for not controlling emotions - Impact

There were 2 departments, operations and administration in a big automobile company. Head of operations team and head of administration were not in good terms. In the company progress meeting, it was noticed the progress of the company was not so good and need for improvement. When debugging the issue, employees complaining that the production was not good enough because the water purifier was not working properly for many days.

After this issue was reported, head of administration was very unhappy that how can a water purifier is linked to the companies production. This was a false acquisition. Moreover, head of operations words against this concern was triggering him to get out of control emotionally. Because of this, the head of administration lost his words, behaved inappropriately in the board meeting, lost his reputation in the company. Because of his action, the head of administration lost his job and the company looked for a replacement.

The head of administration did not lose his job because the water purifier was not working and the productivity reduced because of that. He lost his job because not controlling his emotions. So, this story clearly proves how important is that to control ones emotion. Hope this blog helps you. 

Have a Great Day

B G Nareshkumar