Every road has two directions. The invisible force, which urges us to select the ‘one’, is a
complicated, sometimes beyond our control process called ‘emotions’. Each day begins and ends
with continuous struggle with emotions. At times we feel whether it is the same sound that guided
us till that day that is whispering from the unknown adobe of thoughts. We tend to contradict our
previous actions at times. We get a strange feeling that some unknown power in our own thought
process is playing with us. If you never knew what was wrong let me tell you that it was the war
between our previous knowledge or emotional setup with a new kind of emotion embedded in the
mind by a variety of sources. The mind was analyzing whether to go to the previous one or to
proceed with the new one, which is a little bit strange to it.
What you see in yourself is what you see in the world. Our mind was
quite comfortable with the habituated way of responding to a particular system. But when
interruptions and new ways of responding are being fed into the mind, analyzing begins to start.
But with regular reiteration of the same idea the old one is forced to take the second seat and the
new one becomes dominant. One can use the power of emotions for one’s betterment and
development or can be used as a catalyst for doom. One of the greatest discoveries of the 20th
century was the understanding of this power and the study and evolution of the ways to use it
effectively for man’s betterment.
One of the forerunners in this field is Antony Robbins, whose books,
cassettes and seminars have changed lives of many forever. What he did is spectacular. He didn’t
do much but just changed the way they thought. He manipulated their thought process for their
good. Another person who spotted the magic of this and implemented is the greatest coach in the
history of US college basketball, John Wooden. Becoming head coach at UCLA in 1948, his teams
went on to set records for the longest winning streak and most championships (10) in NCAA
history. He is considered the greatest coach in the history of US college basketball. He employed
some simple things, which kindled fire in the belly of his boys. They became unbeatable.
Even cricketers use the same techniques. Steve Waugh, the
ex-captain of the Australian cricket team, took his boys to the memorial park of world war heroes
to inspire and motivate them before the world famous ‘Ashes” tournament began. The ‘huddle’
Indians employed during the 2003 cricket world cup made sure India reached the finals. Different
teams have different ways of inspiring team members. The heart of all these is ‘emotions’.
Remember the moment you decided to run the cross-country marathon just
because somebody commented beside you that you couldn’t because you are a chicken hearted.
Or when you said enough is enough and went on to complete the entire syllabus in a week’s time.
That is what ‘emotions’ can do in our daily life.
Rock stars impact teenagers in a big way. They try to emulate
them and be like them even in mannerism. They thought process starts and ends with these
rocksters. They become their idols and will do any thing to be like them. Even pop stars have
huge impact on people. Songs are the best way to emotionally force the mind to do something.
When we hear a sad song, though we may be in a gay mood, we become sad. When we need
some energy or push before some rigorous work out and we hear ‘Rocky’ theme song or some
hard rock, we are pumped up and raring to go. This is the influence of songs, which has got
massive power to adjust our emotions. We get a nostalgic feeling when we listen to ‘back street
boys’ or ‘beegees’. We are ready to take on the world after a ‘linkin park’ or ‘mettalica’ song.
Politicians, great personalities, movie stars all make us believe in some
absurd things trough working with our emotions and though processes. Did you evaluate what Mr.
Bush said at the beginning of Iraq war? The answer may be a big no, because he manipulated
your thought process and emotionally made to you to stop thinking and evaluate things but see
the world through his. We woke up, realizing our folly, only to find out that it was too late. That is
called playing with emotions.
For a moment think how you can make use of these techniques in your every day
life. You can enrich your life by adapting to a different way of thinking and taking control of your
emotions. If a Tony Robbins can make millions in less than fine years, why cannot you? Take a
deep check into your life and how is it going right now. Is it satisfactory or far from that? Are you
dead tired when you wake up in the morning? Do you always feel that you don’t get time to let
your hair down? Do you always think that you could have made more money and made better
living? The funny thing is that you never moved even a single finger to attain all these, right?
This is the root cause of all the problems. The habituated thinking we
followed made us to not even entertain the idea of getting out and work on these dreams. Rather,
it went as customary to the conclusion that it is beyond our reach.
If you really want to change these things, you can. You can attain what you want
and get to know how to work out your strategies with the help of self-help books. If you are facing
problem in getting up in the morning, just ignore the bad part of loosing sleep in the cool weather,
and, think of the beautiful day ahead and the possibilities awaiting you. This is just an example.
Antony Robbins used techniques like this to make millions. John Wooden used these techniques to
make his team win tournaments after tournament. You too can use this and make most out of
your life. Whether you think you can or you think you cant-you are right. Plan your work for today
and work every day to your goal.
Prakash Behanan Thampi
prk_vklm@hotmail.com
+919341411224
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