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Galba Bright’s 7 Laws of Emotional Intelligence : Law #4

February 26th, 2007 by Galba Bright

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Law # 4 No-one can make me upset, angry, happy etc.

How to take charge of yourself
When you practice the first three Laws you take charge of your feelings and behaviour. You can choose how you feel and you can manage your moods.

You’ll become more conscious of your self-talk, the messages that you are constantly sending yourself. You have ther ability to send yourself positive messages. As Norman Vincent Peale taught, thoughts are things. As you become more aware of what you are thinking and feeling, you will be able to catch and correct any negative thought processes that you may slip into.

Put you heart into the change

As you choose your thoughts you’re able to generate the optimism that is necessary to bring about positive changes in your life. How can you ever expect to eliminate bad habits unless you genuinely believe that you can?

Can you see that following Law #4 gives you the opportunity of moving on with positive change?

What will you gain as you step forward boldly?

What will you leave behind?

Law # 5 is next.

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    March 30th, 2007 at 7:46 am

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  2. Tanika Williams Says:
    April 19th, 2007 at 1:20 pm

    Today I had a club meeting with my Living Values Club members. This law was out voted by the students to be put under scruntiny. There was only one girl present. I asked them to tell me what they understood from this law.They told me that they should not allow any one besides each self to be in control. During the discussion one boy said aloud that his girlfriend always makes him happy. I interjected and said to him be very careful now, because what if your girlfriend leaves you, will you become sad and never seek happiness again? One of his friends said, Ms. he will become mad.

    Before we started the club meeting a particular incident occurred between a member of the club and a teacher right before my eyes and the other members. So I made reference to the occurrence in relation to the 4th law, I asked who was in control? some said the student others said the teacher. I asked who caused who to become angry they said the teacher so the student was not in control. Hence, when someone causes your mood to change you are not in control. I futher added that as students they tend to want to become physical over issues that could be otherwise intelligently handled. My out-spoken friend opposed but with further circumstances presented he finally agreed that he sees the point.

    It is so important to be the dictator of self so as to be the regulator of ones moods/emotions. After all when one reacts irrationally the reactor tends to pay the larger price.

  3. Galba Bright Says:
    May 6th, 2007 at 4:58 pm

    Hello Tanika:

    Thanks for your story. Real life usualy teaches us far more the text books.

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