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Do you want to be positive and energetic? The positive emotions—such as happiness, comfort, contentedness, and pleasure—help us make good decisions:

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Have you ever had a bad fight or argument. A financial setback. Got bad or unpleasant news. Lost someone or something important and special to you.

As humans all experience this as a natural course of action.

Positive emotions—such as happiness, comfort, contentedness, and pleasure—help us make good decisions: And the good news is Positive emotions can practised into a habit.

Picture source: The positive mind

Emotion is a complex experience of consciousness, bodily sensation, and behaviour that reflects the personal significance of a thing, an event, or a state of affairs. People who do a good job of managing emotions know that it's healthy to express. Because of this, they're able to react to situations in productive ways and they are able to win situations in day to day life. And also people who are good at managing emotions tend to have lasting and productive relationships.

During the 1970s, psychologist Paul Eckman identified six basic emotions that he suggested were universally experienced in all human cultures. The emotions he identified were happiness, sadness, disgust, fear, surprise, and anger. 

Emotions are the product of complex processing systems, which essentially convert sensory information into the psychophysiological and behavioural changes that we refer to as emotional responses.

The choices we make, the actions we take, and the perceptions we have are all influenced by the emotions we are experiencing at any given moment.

'Positive affect' has the potential to improve creative thinking, while negative affect narrows thinking and has the potential to adversely affect performance on simple tasks.

Whether it’s a 'negative' or 'positive' affect of an emotion, how do these affect us?

Negative affect refers to any situation or thing which brings about some unpleasant emotional state, such as sadness or tension. In contrast, positive affect refers to any stimulus which elicits a pleasant or advantageous emotional state, such as happiness, awe and optimism. Negative affect has the potential to make simple tasks more difficult or complicated, while positive affect can help reduce the difficulty of complex tasks. 

Positive emotions build our resilience (the emotional resources needed for coping). They broaden our awareness, letting us see more options for problem-solving. Studies show that people feel and do their best when they have at least three times as many positive emotions as negative emotions (Kidshealth.org).

(work.chron.com) Healthy emotional responses and expressions in response to stressful situations help you project an image of professionalism, avoid negative consequences and maintain an open mind for critical thinking. People that have control over their emotions typically show poise and patience in response to a stress stimulus (any object or an event that causes a response).

Techniques to boost positive emotions in your day to day life:

Track Your Positive Emotions. Name the positive emotions you're already familiar with, the ones you've experienced in your daily life.

Below are the six techniques which have all been shown to boost positive emotions, compulsorily with a certain amount of commitment and practice. (https://positivepsychology.com/6-positive-emotion-exercises/ )

1. Journaling Three Blessings

2. Practicing Mindfulness

3. Practicing Loving-Kindness Meditation

4. Reframing Negative Events

5. Creating Positive Experiences

6. Holding a Good Posture

 

Take you first step…. Go……. Set….GOOOO..

 

Further read:

How Emotions Impact Cognition

https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/how-emotions-impact-cognition

 

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