S02-Frequently Asked Friday 10: Emotions & Habits

"How can emotions(positive or negative) help you develop habits to bring success inyour endeavors?This episode starts with Martinaddressing the negative relationship first; illustrating how theemotion of ANGER often triggers all sorts of habitualbehaviors. In fact, a great Epictetus quotenotes this: "Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not onlya present evil, but that you have increased a habit."When you consider how you mightreact when you are really angry you may even be able to trace muchof your behavior back to your parents and how they reacted whenthey were angryWhen it comes to "success" andour goals the beauty is that the inverse is true as well. Channeledpositively and intentionally our emotions can guide our behaviorsand habits. Martin shares how for example, the REGRET emotion wasthe "birthplace" for The Habit Factor (book, app, podcast, etc— allproduced via behaviors/habits guided by emotion.By asking himself,"What would I most regret not achieving or experiencingif I died tomorrow?"That question conjured all sortsof emotions that helped to produce clarity of purpose and directionwhich led to his first big goal, the Catalina Classic paddle boardrace— a 32 mile open ocean paddle from Catalina island to Manhattanpier.A key is knowing that we actuallyhave the power to select, guide and craft our emotions to serve anddrive our most important goals.In fact, we can even choose ouremotions throughout the day to reinforce the importantbehaviors/habits we're trying to forge to improve ourcharacter!Check out this short episodenow...________________**NEW WeeklyGiveaway! Each week we select ONE, new iTunes review(good, bad or indifferent) and send a FREE signed book. Eitheremail the review screenshot or add your Twitter handle and we'llfind you that way!BTW: Be sure to SUBSCRIBE andyou'll have each episode sent to you automatically! SubscribeDon't miss a single episode. Subscribe to the podcast to get eachepisode sent directly to you.  ResourcesThe Habit Factor appTheHabit Factor templateThe Habit Factor bookBig Brothers Big SistersRevisit: The Law of Cosmic HabitForce  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit habits2goals.substack.com/subscribe