Insights from

Maia Beatty & Associates

Perspective & Practice

April 2016

Last Saturday, when I attended an evening party in Cleveland, I was reminded again that I live in the "Snow Belt." Now, before I left home I knew that--even though it's April--we were expecting snow. What I didn't know was that I would walk out of the party to more than three inches of the heavy white stuff covering my car! The roads were so slippery that even the experienced drivers of NE Ohio were having a tough time maneuvering their cars. The surprise of the treacherous roads knocked the wind right out of me...talk about feeling powerless!

When You Feel Like Crap--
It's a PowerTrap

As a result, I let the great time I'd just had celebrating with my friends abruptly turn into irritation and frustration as my usual 40 minute drive home turned into 90 minutes of white knuckled concentration on the road. It wasn't until I got home safely and caught my breath that I realized what I had just learned.

Things like this can happen to us at anytime. One moment we're completely enjoying our day and then--BAMM!

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Practice: Make a Simple Shift

Now you know--when you feel like crap, it's a PowerTrap. So when you find yourself feeling that way, you have the choice to interrupt the feeling whenever you like.

When you've allowed the emotion of something that happened before to dictate how you feel now, here's a great question to ask yourself: "What if this is different?"

When you feel as if

you've lost the business already
a coworker has already succeeded at undermining you
you're being judged unfairly
things are going from bad to worse

ask yourself: "What if this is different?"

Asking this question programs your brain to search for "what else could be true?" about your situation. Asking this question will immediately shift your experience--you will feel it as a physical sensation. You've just interrupted your negative emotion with a question and your attention has shifted from feeling to inquiring. You'll notice the shift right away.

For the next 30 days, why not try this out for yourself? The next time you feel like crap, ask the question and see what happens!

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