Welcome back to The Daily Mastermind, George Wright III with your daily dose of inspiration, motivation, and education. I hope you're having a great week so far. I am really excited to kind of give you a part two to yesterday's episode. We talked a little bit about emotions, and today what we're going to do is we're going to talk about mastering your emotions, and I'm going to give you a little framework that Tony Robbins has talked about that'll help you to really master your emotions. But before I do, if this is your first time joining the podcast, welcome. My name is George Wright III, and I am here to help you on a day-to-day basis really create the best life that you are meant to live, really truly unleashing your potential. Our podcast is all about mindset, money, business, body, lifestyle, and it's all about the day-to-day things that you need in order to stay focused on true success principles while you are out there doing what you do best. Most people that listen to the podcast are high achievers, CEOs, business owners, investors, but it's rare that you have the time to really refocus. And so I try to give you that daily dose of staying focused and keeping on the path. Now, today we're following up this conversation of emotions because I believe that crafting your best life requires you to structure proactively the emotions that you want to experience. We talked yesterday about the idea that you're not really looking for the things that you want in your life, the million dollars, the amazing relationship and things like that. What we've learned is that you're really trying to experience the emotions those things will get you. You know, when you make a million dollars, you have a super nice lifestyle, you're looking for the love, the acknowledgement, the recognition, the fulfillment, the values and emotions that they will bring for you. And so we talked a little bit about how you can proactively choose your values and set up conditions to experience more of the values you want and less of the ones you don't, like stress and anxiety or whatever. Today, I want to talk to you about this topic of emotional mastery. And, you know, we all struggle with our emotions, but learning to master sort of the strategies and tactics to master your emotions is critical for achieving a life of success and especially scaling a business and being a leader to the people around you. So you've got to recognize that being proactive with finding your emotions is part of it, but mastering your emotions on a day-to-day basis and on an ongoing basis is the second part. And that's why I want to talk to you a little bit about that today. So remember, the key to success in your life many times is going to happen as a direct result of how your emotions, this formula we've talked about many times, your thoughts create your life, but truly your thoughts will create emotions that will drive your actions that create your results. And so it a critical part of that formula to understand that And your emotions really do paint a picture of your life Napoleon Hill said pretty wisely more gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has ever been taken from the earth. And this quote reminds us to not let our dreams die inside of us, but to do the work required to live our best life. And that is directly related to your emotions. So here's the thing is so important, emotional mastery. Success requires emotional mastery. Daily life is going to be challenging you all the time with all kinds of situations like problems at work and arguments with relationships and ups and downs of finances. But without being conscious of our emotional state, we risk letting our emotions control us. And we risk letting our emotions force our actions in the wrong direction and away from the true north that we want to have on our path to our best life. So emotions make life meaningful, but mastering them helps you to actually be more productive, if that makes sense. And you've heard this term emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence, from my understanding, it refers to managing your thoughts and feelings. And it's a pretty critical piece. So it's always about trying to structure the right emotions and understanding how it works in your life, but emotional intelligence is just your ability to manage your thoughts and feelings. I got this quote from Bruce Lee that said, you'll continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you. True power is sitting back and observing everything with logic. And I think you've probably known that and you've seen that in your life. People, really strong leaders have the ability to have wisdom and to be able to be not reactive, but proactive when it comes to emotions in their life. And so I love what Bruce Lee said, because, you know, you're just going to keep suffering if you have reactions to your emotions instead of stepping back and observing things with logic, not emotion. And so I want to walk you through a six-step framework that I learned from Tony Robbins that gives us sort of a framework for emotional mastery. It's a six-step framework, okay? I don't know any other way to say it. Tony talks extensively about emotions, but he does pretty consistently outline the six steps. The first step is this, identify what you're feeling. Identify what you're feeling. In challenging situations, you've got to pause, you've got to ask yourself, what am I feeling? So most of us just react right off the bat. I do all the time. Let me tell you, ask my kids, ask people around me. But the more you can, and this is why we're talking about it, right? To put it front and center on your mind, the more you can step back and say, what am I feeling? Is this anger? Is it sadness? Is it emotion? Am I feeling hurt? You've got to really identify the real emotion because a lot of times it a level deeper than you think it is So identify what you feeling Second acknowledge your emotion without judgment Acknowledge your emotion without judgment You got to recognize your emotions as part of who you are without judging them. Avoid discouraging yourself. Avoid, you know, because here's why. These emotions can impact your confidence. Let's say you get your feelings hurt. You can't start to say, oh my gosh, that's a reflection of me and this is my self-confidence and self-esteem. Or if you get angry, find out what it really is. Maybe you're getting angry because you felt threatened. Maybe you're getting angry because you're hurt. A lot of times people respond in anger, even though they're truly hurt by a situation. But acknowledge your emotions without judgment. And can I always say, see them for what they really are. See, our bodies and our minds and our brains, they're hardwired to protect us. So you've got some immediate responses that happen. But don't judge and don't interpret your emotions. Just understand what you're feeling and acknowledge them without judgment. Then step three is ask what your emotions can offer you. I really like this because you can approach your emotions with a little bit of curiosity to kind of understand them better. By stepping back and analyzing them, you get to be more objective. It's that idea I talked about that Michael Singer says in The Untethered Soul. When you realize you're not your emotions. You're the person experiencing your emotions. So you identified what it is. You're not judging it, but now you're stepping back and you're kind of looking at it with a little bit of objectivity and saying, what's going on here? Why am I reacting this way? Why am I feeling this way? It's not about eliminating the emotion. It's just about identifying and naming the emotion and asking, what can I learn from this? Why am I being triggered? Why is this something that's happening? And why did it affect me so much? Because if you get your feelings hurt easily, it's probably not the situation. It's probably because of something that you need to identify and deal with. And so it's very important that you not only acknowledge and identify your feelings without judgment, but also kind of analyze them a bit. And then step four is build emotional confidence. Develop confidence as you practice this emotional mastery, because the more you do it, the more you handle, identify, accept, you're going to become more confident. So building emotional confidence is a, is kind of a result of this whole process. And, you know, people tell me all the time, they're like, oh my gosh, it's so hard though. When you're in the, when you're in the situation, it's true. It is. But the, what's the answer? Practice. And it's not about being emotionally confident or being high emotional intelligence. It's about constantly going through the motions, knowing what you're feeling, acknowledging it without judgment, being curious about your emotion and trying to figure out what the real thing is here and building your emotional confidence. And then what happens is the fifth step is you'll have certainty in handling difficult emotions. You allow yourself the certainty and tell yourself it doesn matter what does happen I know I can deal with it This will also build your confidence and it helps you to navigate life And it also helps you to stop avoiding situations. See, a lot of us avoid difficult situations, uncomfortable situations, because we don't have any confidence that we can handle them. We know it's going to tear us up. We know it's going to break us down. We know we're going to sabotage what we're doing. And so as you start to build this emotional confidence, you'll have certainty. This fifth step, you'll have certainty in handling difficult emotions. And then the sixth step is get excited about the fact you can do this. Mastering your emotions is like a superpower. You use it to create the life you want to help with you and with others. So make it a habit. And this framework that you can go through, I believe if you think about it consciously, and I'm going to go through it again here real quick for you, identifying what you're feeling, acknowledging it without judgment, stepping back and being curious, what can I learn from this? will then help you to build emotional confidence, create certainty that you can handle any situation, and then you can aggressively attack the things you wanna do in your life, knowing that you have the confidence and that knowing you have the ability or at least a framework to handle things because you should look for challenges. You should look for things and lean into the things that you struggle with. So by following these steps, I've found it easier over time to manage and master your emotions. I think most people around me, they'll tell you I've done a much better job of handling my emotions over the years because I'm more conscious of them. I'm more curious of them. I'm trying to analyze and overcome them and build that superpower. And so I encourage you to do the same thing. Emotional mastery, emotional intelligence is that ability for you to go to the next level and not only build your blueprint with the emotions you're seeking, but have a system and a process for managing the motions that happen in your life. So that's my message for today. I hope you have an amazing day. I'm really looking forward to talking with you more and I hope that you'll consider joining us in our community. And you can, you know, we've got our new mobile app that's getting launched. It's not completely launched yet, but you can go to dailymastermind.com. You can hit me up on the Daily Mastermind on Facebook, Instagram, and I'll get you links in the show notes for what we're doing here. And I really look forward to having you interact with our community. I always tell everybody that's listening to the podcast, it's one thing for you to learn things, but as you get more proactive, you learn more and you become a part of something. And how you do anything is how you do everything. If you're just soaking up knowledge online and you're not applying it, you're not getting interactive, you're not going to get the same benefit. So let's work on this journey of emotional mastery together. And I look forward to talking with you more. Once again, my name is George Wright III, and this has been The Daily Mastermind. Have a great day. So
