Everyone wants to both FEEL good and DO well. But our emotional “logic” can often lead us astray from the very result we seek. Here’s an example.
When people FEEL lousy, they generally don’t DO so well. So they naturally focus their attention on trying to FEEL better. This appears to make sense – “…when I FEEL better I DO better”.
Unfortunately, this is not often a reality. Instead, what most often happens is that they get stuck trying to make themselves FEEL better. It’s like trying to fall asleep – the more you tell yourself “Fall asleep NOW! I really need to sleep! C’mon sleep!”, the wider awake you end up. Same thing with trying to FEEL better. Doesn’t work.
Then what does work? Trying to KNOW better.
Here’s a simple yet powerful pattern that you need to realize: When you KNOW better, you DO better. And when you DO better, you naturally FEEL better – about yourself, the world, everything!
And here’s a bonus: Once you FEEL better, you are even more inclined to want to KNOW better. And when you KNOW better you are even more inclined to DO better, which of course makes you FEEL even better.
Terrifically positive cycle, eh? Give it a try.