How to manage your Emotions at Workplace?

Do you find yourself incapable of working properly because you fought with your partner before you left home? Do you stay annoyed all day long because of high work stress? Does being emotional put hurdles for you at your workplace? Being an emotional being is not an issue as it is usually perceived. Every human feels and senses various emotions, but that does not necessarily mean that it will stop you from logical and reasonable. 

When a person makes a decision, he/she may consider the emotional or the logical factors, but one does not tend to dismiss the other completely. It depends from person to person. The real problem arises when one person allows the emotional part of themselves to dominate over the logical. And when the emotions start speaking for a person it becomes very difficult for them to lead a hassle-free life. Let us know how being emotional interfere in your life at the workplace.

#1. You start permitting your feelings of distress and sorrow to spoil your performance at the workplace.

#2. You are unable to finish your work because you keep thinking about the things that have hurt you or surprised you.

#3. You become moody because of which your colleagues find it hard to talk to you.

#4. You start taking extreme stances like either you are very positive, or you are extremely negative.

#5. You take wrong decisions sometimes because you do not consider the disadvantages.

Emotions should be separate from work. These were some signs that if you observe in your life, then you should learn to manage your emotions at work. Let us go through some ways in which you can learn to manage your emotions.

#1. Evaluate Your Emotions

When you start feeling that emotions are taking over you, then you should evaluate the situation. Think of the things that are making you feel emotional and why they are making you weak. The answer will probably be that those things matter to you, and hence they are able to control you, but that is not true. Do not let your emotions make you a vulnerable person. Separate your emotions from valuable data.

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#2. Prioritize

After you have known what makes you feel angry or frustrated it is time to prioritize things in life. We know that your partner, with whom you had a fight or your cat that passed away is important to you, but you need to prioritize them. You can make up with your partner, or you can think about your beloved cat after you have reached home. If you have some other stress issues, then you need to think about the importance of your work more than the stressors. Accept your emotions and demonstrating them is not wrong. You should just know the right place and the right time for them.

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#3. Think Well

Whenever you have to make a decision to either work or handle anything else while managing emotions, you should think intensely about the gravity of the situation. You need to look at both the positives and the negatives because you cannot undermine the consequences of the situation if you take a wrong turn. List the pros and cons well beforehand so that nothing else harms you. Do not allow your emotions (https://askopinion.com/is-emotional-independence-necessary ) regarding a particular situation guide you to a solution.

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#4. Balance

You need to create a perfect balance between your emotions and the reason. It would be wrong to say that emotions make you take a wrong decision every time because if used properly then emotions can help you overcome big obstacles in life. Psychologists have studied and concluded that emotional intelligence of a person is more urgent than the intelligence quotient. Emotional Intelligence is a person's ability to recognize, understand and manage his/ her emotions in a suitable manner. The majority of the population has average intelligence, but emotional intelligence quotient varies. Every person with a high IQ may not have high emotional intelligence. Nowadays, every corporate company hires its employees after testing their emotional intelligence. Therefore you need to use your emotions wisely by increasing your emotional intelligence more than your IQ.

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#5. Optimism

The feelings of despair and grim can be very sickening mentally, and when a person is sick by the mind, then it does not take long to get sick physically. Such dull feelings can even turn suicidal for you after some time. It becomes very significant to bring a positive change in your attitude towards life. You should start thinking about positive things in life whenever you find yourself succumbing in the trap. You could think about all the things that had given you happiness or the memories when you enjoyed life. Even the slightest ray of positivity can fill light in a dark room. Do not allow your life become one dark room without windows and doors. Optimism will allow you to balance your emotions in a better way. Live life like it’s your last day.

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#6. Room For Air

Make room for air to breathe. This means that you need to take a break from your normal joyless life. Take a day off and enjoy your life with the ones you love. Bring cheer inside your soul and become a child who wants to have fun. The conditions in your life may not be appropriate for the time being, but it is not going to stay forever so find some amusement in life. Do some fun activities. Participate with your colleagues in different projects and put forward your ideas. Find a motivation at work and complete it with the will. Find distractions so that you forget about your emotions that may stop you from working.

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#7. Counseling

If you find it hard to handle your emotions on your own, then you should take help from other people like the ones who care about you. Your colleagues who have become your close friends can help you come over any kind of stress or negative emotion that you are feeling. Sharing your emotions take a lot of stress off from your shoulders. You could also take a counseling session from the counselor at your workplace if there is. If there is no counselor, then you can talk to your seniors or your HR. They will help you in handling your emotions at work. You should take workshops that help you manage your emotions, and when you attend such open workshops, you will explore that your pains are nothing as compared to the sufferings of other people.

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#8. Look Back

Before you start your work go back to the past few days when you allowed your emotions to take control of you at work and how did that result in. You will get your answer that you should not repeat it because that would slow you down further more. Stop your feelings from evading at your workplace. Tell yourself that you should not, and you will not let your feelings come in between your work. If your work has been pending because of your past few emotion-oriented experience, then you will realize that if you allow your feelings to penetrate again, you will be walking slower than a snail at work. Something that you do not want because it could endanger your job if passes on any longer.

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#9. Exercise

Start exercising whenever you find that your mind is in a state of conflict. Take deep breaths and close your eyes for a few minutes to calm down your mind which is exhausted from the emotional as well as workload. Exercising is a healthy practice that every person should do. Take morning walks that will freshen up your mind before you leave for work. Writing down your emotions is another best way to tackle your feelings from taking control over you.

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#10. Think About Your Goals

You should look at your goals every day because when you will look at them, you will find the motivation to accomplish these aims. No matter small or big if you start working on one then you will ultimately work on all of them. Your goals should move your feet to work, and when you move with confidence, then you will have a pleasant day at work. Confidence will give you a positive feeling of joy, and when you will be happy, other people around you will be happy too. Feelings are contagious because you spread your vibes around you and other people connect with those vibes. So if you are melancholic, then people around you will be upset too, or they will stop connecting with you. But if you are cheerful then people would like to work with you and make good relations with you. These relationships you make at your workplace will benefit you in achieving your goals in future.

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