Ever noticed that having a good start to your day often leads to you having a good day in general?
A social, an energetic or a productive start sets the context for your day?
But on some days you may not get a good start for some reason….
Maybe you slept badly. Or the maybe grey skies and cold summer rain is dragging your energy down.
Or you might have lost that positive momentum during a hard first part of the day and after lunch you feel tired, low or lost in a somewhat sad or uninspired funk…..
Here’s how to do that by breaking the negative mood and getting a new start…..
- Appreciate what you have!
The simplest of my most commonly used pick-me-ups.
Take about 2 minutes and sit in silence.
Tell yourself: OK, I might not feel so good right now, but what can I be grateful for and appreciate in my life?
Come up with one simple thing like:
- My tasty food.
- My health.
- That I have a roof over my head.
That one thing opens up the mind…. It redirects the thoughts from the negativity.
Then build upon that one thing. Make mental jumps from the roof, to the warmth in our home, to the dog sitting beside us on the sofa, to that we can work from home, as the rain pours outside (in the UK especially).
Make those small mental leaps by just moving my attention around in the room you are in. Like skipping from stone to stone over a stream. Take the time to slowly appreciate all those things.
This changes my mood to a happier, warmer and more open one.
- Act as you would like to feel.
Emotions work backwards too. So if you want to become more positive or enthusiastic then act in the manner of a person who is positive or enthusiastic!
You might not feel like it. But do it as best as you can anyway. You may for example:
- Think of the task in front of you as something exciting and fun.
- Answer some emails or talk to someone in a positive and enthusiastic manner.
- Assume rapport if you feel unmotivated, negative or nervous before some kind of meeting
- Think for a minute and give someone a genuine compliment.
Here’s a fun one to use quite often and that will not only lift your own mood.
Spend one minute coming up with something you really and genuinely appreciate about someone in your life that is in the same room as you at some point during the day. Then tell him or her the genuine compliment you have come up with.
She or he will be happy. You will feel positive and get positive feelings too from the now smiling, happy and complimented person. And so the mood for the both of you is changed for the better.
Rick Parcell
Europe’s No 1 Master Coach
Partner and Program creator
Some concepts have been sourced from www.success.com and this website is definitely worth looking at.