The best self-discipline for a person is not to go to bed early, make more money, or study hard, but…
Napoleon once said:
“A person who can control his emotions is greater than a general who captures a city.”
Ability determines a person’s professional level, while emotion determines a person’s life level.
In life, faced with a series of problems such as daily work, trivial matters, and children’s education, if you do not have a stable mood, you may be on the verge of collapse at any time, which can easily lead to disaster.
Therefore, for adults to have stable emotions and self-discipline in life, it is necessary to set a “safety valve” for emotions.
The more people can control their emotions, the more they can control their lives.
Maintaining a stable mood is a person’s greatest self-discipline
“If you grasp your emotions, you grasp the essence of life.”
Only when you deal with things without emotions can you see the essence of the matter more easily and do things with less effort.
I very much agree with this sentence:
If a person is affecting your emotions, you need to focus on controlling your own emotions, not the person who is affecting your emotions.
In life, you will inevitably encounter people or things that make you emotionally ups and downs.
If you focus on these things, you will fall into internal friction and ultimately achieve nothing.
Only by stabilizing your emotions and being clear-headed can you grow and become a better version of yourself.
Walking in the world and maintaining a stable mood is a person’s greatest self-discipline and ability.
People who are influenced by emotions Easily become a slaves to emotions
People who are too controlled by their emotions often do abominable things without realizing it, which can easily lead to irreversible consequences.
A person who is overwhelmed by emotions is like a time bomb that explodes without knowing which scene or words are touched.
Once emotions are let go, they are like a flood that bursts out of control.
If you become a slave to your emotions and your actions are controlled by your emotions, it can easily lead to catastrophe.
Therefore, having stable emotions is a protective umbrella for a person to walk in the world.
Learn to close the emotional valve to maintain emotional stability
Psychology has a famous theory of waiting 6 seconds before making a decision:
The oldest limbic system in the human brain is responsible for emotions, and the cerebral cortex, the latest to evolve, is responsible for cognition.
After something happens, the limbic system will produce an emotional reaction immediately.
After about 6 seconds, the cerebral cortex will perform cognitive processing.
So if you feel like losing your temper, take a deep breath and wait 6 seconds before making a decision.
This will lead to more informed decisions.
I once read the story about the famous American physicist Richard Feynman and the dark room on the Internet.
Mr. Richard Feynman had a special habit.
Every time before conducting an important experiment, or after the experiment failed, he would go into a small room without windows and lights next to the studio and stay alone for a while.
Once, Feynman came to the studio early in the morning to extract an important set of data.
Unexpectedly, important information was lost due to the assistant’s carelessness, which meant that all the hard work during this period was in vain.
Everyone thought that Feynman would be furious, and the assistant who got into trouble was even more at a loss.
Feynman didn’t say a word, but turned and walked into the dark cabin next to him.
A few minutes later, he walked out, simply said “Do it again”, and then joined everyone in the intense experiment.
After the experiment was over, the assistant still felt guilty and did not dare to leave.
Until Feynman smiled and asked:
“Why don’t you go home? I have activities for a while, but I don’t have time to treat you to dinner.”
At this time, the assistant truly believed that Feynman was not angry anymore, and the storm passed peacefully.
Afterward, a friend asked him: “Aren’t you angry when you see all your hard work come to nothing?”
Feynman explained:
“Of course I’m angry, but as long as I go to the small room and sort out my mood alone, there seems to be no need to be angry.”
Relying on this method, Feynman could always quickly adjust his mood and devote himself to his work when anything happened. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965.
We also need to learn to control our emotions in life.
After a day’s work, before entering your home, take a deep breath and put the fatigue and grievances of the day “outside”. Go home in a good state, and the family atmosphere will be warmer.
Workers in the workplace should adjust their emotions before entering work, put aside emotions that have nothing to do with work, and devote themselves to work with full enthusiasm, and their work efficiency will be higher.
Only by closing the emotional “valve” and maintaining emotional stability can life be smooth and happy.
“A person with a clean heart, clear thinking, and no unnecessary emotions or delusions will give people a sense of security. Because he will not hurt others or himself; he will not cause trouble or trouble others.”
May each of us be able to control our emotions and wander infinitely on the road of life.
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