Your Emotional Bank Account
Greetings! ,
When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing
with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion. ~Dale Carnegie
Our mind is a great repository. It stores up deposits and withdrawals from
all the experiences in our life. The net
result or the bottom line for all of the deposits and the withdrawals is how
you get to feel about yourself: good or
not so good. Let's look at a few ideas
that might leave you feeling good.
DEPOSITS
In your relationships with your spouse, your children,
your boss, your relatives, when you experience happiness, you make deposits
into your Emotional Bank Account. Here are some tips to keep your balance high.
* Do thoughtful things for no reason at all.
* Forgive thoughtless comments quickly.
* Don't create a score card.
* Work to achieve compromises.
* Keep the sense in the office light and productive.
* Show appreciation to
your workmates.
* Overlook your
associates idiosyncrasies.
* Keep harmony and happiness a key focus.
* Be helpful, patient, understanding, or appreciative.
WITHDRAWALS
On the negative side - the withdrawals - are you bouncing checks? In your relationships, negative issues show
up as disharmony.
* Do you make negative or derogatory comments?
* Do you exclude people by not asking for their input?
* Do you ignore their input even if you've asked for
it?
* Do you exaggerate about small things?
* Do you have impatient behavior and snap at your
associates?
* Do you mention their weaknesses in public?
* Do you neglect to make sufficient positive deposits?
As I look back over my last two years, I realize that my
emotional Bank Account was overdrawn because I wasn't getting many deposits
from the people around me. This made it hard for me to make deposits in the
accounts of those I cared about. When I accepted that I would have to find
deposits from other sources, I became stronger and went looking for
opportunities to make more deposits happen.
Would you like to get clear about Your Emotional Bank
Account? Here are a few questions for
you to help you get there.
* Do you mainly make deposits or withdrawals?
* Is there a healthy balance in there?
* Can the balance sustain a withdrawal?
* Have you acted lazy, short-tempered, sarcastic or
critical?
You now have a full picture of what is going on inside
your emotional state of mind. What do
you see? Are you ready to make the
change and be the change in your own life? Do you like it? Do you see what you need to do to Be the
Change? Your next step is to create a plan for yourself to make those
changes. I think you can.
Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.
~Mark Twain
Warmly,
Maria
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Inspirational Quotes
Life begins at the end of
your comfort zone.
~Neale Donald Walsch
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