Are you an emotional vending machine?

Do people know exactly which one of your buttons to push in order to get you to react?

It doesn’t need to be this way.

In fact,  you can surprise them by changing your emotions in the same way vending machines can be re-stocked with different merchandise.

Your emotional responses are something you’ve adapted over time. At some point in your life, you decided that if A happened, you would respond with B. And maybe this kind of behavior served you well at one point in life because it allowed you to protect yourself or get ahead.

But what if it’s no longer beneficial?

What if your emotional reactions are now eroding your relationships or no longer working in your best interest?

If you’re tired of people pushing your buttons, or if your emotional reactions are no longer serving you well, then it’s time for you to change your emotional inventory.

Try it for a few days and see what happens. Of course, if you don’t like it, you can always re-stock your old emotional responses.

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