Posts Tagged ‘Emotions’
The link between the ‘feeling of success’ and the ‘attainment of our wants’
Posted by: Eric in Articles by Eric Edmeades on June 24th, 2009
The story below is contained in “CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL, A Second Helping”. The author is unknown:
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Three cowboys had been on the range since early in the morning. One of them was a member of the Navajo Nation. Being busy with herding stray cattle all day, there had been no time for the three of them to eat. Toward the end of the day, two of the cowboys started talking about how hungry there were and about the huge meals they were going to eat when they reached town. When one of the cowboys asked the Navajo if he was also hungry, he just shrugged his shoulders and said, “No”
Later that evening, after they had arrived in town, all three ordered large steak dinners. As the Navajo proceeded to eat everything in sight with great gusto, one of his friends reminded him that less than an hour earlier he had told them that he was not hungry. “Not wise to be hungry then,” he replied, “No Food.”
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While this story may over simplify the issue of desire and need, it teaches us an important message. Years ago someone told me that to feel truly successful we need to do one of two things:
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HeartMath - When you measure something, it tends to improve.
Posted by: Eric in Articles by Eric Edmeades on June 15th, 2009
As you may remember from my April 27, 2009 article, “You Never Know”, I told you about how Elise and I met Howard Martin and Deborah Rozman, two of the founders and developers of HeartMath.
When Elise first mentioned HeartMath’s emWave Personal Stress Reliever®, I had no idea what she was talking about, and I assumed it was some new age gimmick or another. But when I met Howard and Deborah, that all changed – I was impressed and moved. Read the rest of this entry »
The Rules of the Game
Posted by: Eric in Articles by Eric Edmeades on February 12th, 2009
In my last article I wrote about happiness and the way people construct their rules for achieving or avoiding happiness.
Its not what happens its what you do that makes the difference. - W Mitchel
Today I have been thinking more about this and have another powerful suggestion relating to managing your state of mind.
Lets build upon my last article where we discussed how to change our rules to make happiness easier to achieve and other, negative, emotions more difficult to experience.
When constructing your rules for happiness, or any emotion, it seems that everything that can influence your level of happiness can be divided into two groups: Read the rest of this entry »
