Emotional mastery is key.

CONTROL YOUR EMOTIONS.

Emotional control is a vital skill that allows individuals to navigate life's challenges with resilience and composure. While emotions are natural and necessary for human experience, learning to regulate them effectively can lead to better decision-making, improved relationships, and enhanced overall well-being. If you must learn to control your emotions, you have to pay attention to your feelings and identify what you are experiencing at every point in time.

When emotions run high, pause for a moment, take a deep breath, relax, and calm your nerves, this can help ground you and create space between stimulus and response, it also allows you some time for a more thoughtful response. Identify techniques that can help you reduce anxiety about past events, and future expectations. Focusing on the present moment will keep you in a calm state of mind for every action, and help you determine the best response.

It is also important to recognize and identify situations or people that trigger strong emotions within you. When you understand these triggers it helps you to be better prepared for a suitable and adequate response. You also have to be strategic in creating and devising means of coping with, and managing your emotions. It might require you abstaining from such triggers, or withdrawing when you sense it approaching.

Do not dwell so much on a problem, rather shift your focus to possible solutions which fosters a proactive mindset. Do not be judgemental, and do not assume that people are intentional about triggering your emotions, rather seek to understand their perspective on issues, and the root cause of their actions. Controlling your emotions is not about suppressing them but rather understanding and regulating them for better outcomes. This understanding leads to improved relationships, healthier responses to challenges, and a more fulfilling life.

Kamikun John, Author 366 days of wisdom.