Emotional Maturity: Managing Emotions Constructively July 25, 2012

All business is people business. Like it or not, on most occasions, your emotions seem to take over automatically, influencing how you think and how you behave, and consequently, how you conduct your life. Your effectiveness often depends on how people feel about you, and whether or not they support you. You experience moments at the workplace when emotions intensify – and that’s normal. What’s important is what you do with them. You can vastly increase your personal power by imposing more and more conscious control over your emotional states. Your personal power tends to decrease to the extent that you indulge in negative emotions. If you resonate energy and enthusiasm, your team thrives; if you spread negativity and dissonance, it flounders.