How to Manage Your Mood

<p>On this episode, I’ll answer two reader questions on  “How to Manage Your Mood”.</p> <p>The first question is from John Sparks. </p> <p>John asks “How did you grow to control your thoughts and reactions? How do you catch and manage your moods?”</p> <p>Here are my best tips for managing, catching, and controlling moods.</p> <p>-When I am feeling good I can control my behavior, thoughts, and mood much easier.<br /> -I always preach “Don’t underestimate the influence you have on people.” This is very applicable to the world today.<br /> -I think about it often so that it has become a part of how I control myself. Nothing good comes from having a bad attitude.<br /> -While I have the ability to be upset, the positive feedback from being positive is a part of what keeps me focused on how I respond.<br /> -Attitude and behavior can be controlled if I think about it.<br /> -When a failure happens I ask, “Why and what can I do about it?” so that it doesn’t happen again.<br /> -I can still be honest and firm without degrading people.<br /> -If I am nice, polite, and helpful people want to be around and talk to me.<br /> -It's all about attitude. <br /> -The more you practice being positive the more positive you become. Soon it becomes a habit.<br /> -Getting over a bad day is easy when you help other people have a great experience. <br /> -So the next time you find yourself in that spot see who you can help to have a better day and watch how your outlook changes.</p> <p>The second question is from Evan Markowitz. Evan asks me to clarify what “Professionally Ballistic” means when I didn’t get the General Manager job with Marriot.</p> <p>I was firm and professional when I went to talk to them about being passed over.  I was persistent but not annoying. </p> <p>Evan then asked if I “Had not ended up going to Disney would I have left Marriot after that?”</p> <p>Yes because I wanted to go and do something different.</p> <p>Even followed up with “Had you been looking at all outside of Marriot for a different job before that?