If the world was meant to be perfect, we’d spend less time worrying about the way others drive during morning rush hour. At times you can’t help but feel 85 mph is the new 65, better them getting the speeding ticket, too bad too sad when something happens up ahead and you’re now 45 minutes late for work.
Bad traffic, never ending financial statements, cell phones that barely reach beyond the tip of your nose and a child set on proving he or she knows more than you act as tributaries to the open plains leading straight to the unprotected valley called, “What mood will I be in today?”
Preachers spend every Sunday lecturing about it, motivational speakers plaster words in book form to penetrate it, bosses demand you bend that frown upside down and whoa…the kids are back screaming for compassionate kisses on the kepi…there’s not enough time in the world to do anything more than fake-n-bake an expression.
How many genuine smiles are left in the world?
According to Dr. Neil Fiore who authored the book Awaken Your Strongest Self, Break Free of Stress, Inner Conflict and Self Sabotage—if being in a bad mood caves in your workday, the big ole giant booger taking you face first to the gutter is you.
“Human moods change every five seconds,” says Dr. Fiore.
There goes the idea that I’m the captain of a ship of multiple personalities. I’ve banked on the idea of allowing all voices to be heard and poof…we learn its completely 100% natural to skate through a single minute unveiling 20 different shapes of moods. Wow! This is like getting ice cream from 32 Flavors!
The problem with a bad mood is its weight—it’ll hang with you the entire day. According to Dr. Stephanie Wilk, a professor of management, “If you begin your day feeling down, you’ll end your day the same way. Even worse, the mood you start your day with can very easily be leftovers from the day before.”
The top reasons why we’re weak in the moodiness department fall under the category of little sleep, hunger, body aches and pains, the environment to which we work, stress connected to time urgency, hormones and adrenaline. Outside of that…we should all be working for Santa Claus in ho, ho, happy all the time ville.
Winning is a choice. It looks like being a bad mood is too. Change the way you think and you’ll gain the power to influence the outcome of your day. It’s free to think positive!
Stop right there. Even I became sick to my stomach writing something so up, up and away. Constantly connected to the happy button isn’t always accepted in the world of business—coworkers and bosses find themselves pushing their day away from up beat and feeling great. It’s not reality. It’s at this point in the daily game where jovial Jimmy jumps off the bridge because he can’t figure out what mood to be in.
Is there an in between? After all, isn’t the real reason why we go to work everyday to feel accepted? Forget about getting the job done on time with a quality shine…there’s nothing more important in life than feeling like we belong.
Cough, cough…oh my forget N1H1…I’ve got the workday wooky wookies. No need for Oprah and Dr Phil if feeling loved outside the four walls of home is this warm. Blah blah blah.
Feeling grumpy, down, depressed and in need of attention completely whacks your mind, body and soul out of place. If science shows the human mood swing occurs every five seconds, that’s a life insurance policy you need to invest in. What makes you unique also has the power to make you great. Being good is the enemy of quality…good gets you by. Great makes your everyday unforgettable.
If coworkers and family members can’t stand you being uppity up and feeling wow and really cool…they have the problem, not you. This is the part of the program where you usually hear them say, “I’m not in the mood for your energetic approach today. I’m walking this way and you go that way.”
That’s perfectly fine…smile inside and put your imagination back to work. Those who knock you down while you’re up are also the same people who knock you down while waiting for the five second mood swing to take place.
If being in a bad mood is completely destroying your efforts today…calmly walk into the restroom and look at those eyes in the mirror and softly whisper, “I love you.”
Steal my art…
arroecollins@clearchannel.com
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