"How can emotions
(positive or negative) help you develop habits to bring success in
your endeavors?

This episode starts with Martin
addressing the negative relationship first; illustrating how the
emotion of ANGER often triggers all sorts of habitual
behaviors.

In fact, a great Epictetus quote
notes this: "Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only
a present evil, but that you have increased a habit."

When you consider how you might
react when you are really angry you may even be able to trace much
of your behavior back to your parents and how they reacted when
they were angry

When it comes to "success" and
our goals the beauty is that the inverse is true as well. Channeled
positively and intentionally our emotions can guide our behaviors
and habits. Martin shares how for example, the REGRET emotion was
the "birthplace" for The Habit Factor (book, app, podcast, etc— all
produced via behaviors/habits guided by emotion.

By asking himself,
"What would I most regret not achieving or experiencing
if I died tomorrow?"

That question conjured all sorts
of emotions that helped to produce clarity of purpose and direction
which led to his first big goal, the Catalina Classic paddle board
race— a 32 mile open ocean paddle from Catalina island to Manhattan
pier.

A key is knowing that we actually
have the power to select, guide and craft our emotions to serve and
drive our most important goals.

In fact, we can even choose our
emotions throughout the day to reinforce the important
behaviors/habits we're trying to forge to improve our
character!

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Resources

The Habit Factor app

The
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The Habit Factor book

Big Brothers Big Sisters

Revisit: The Law of Cosmic Habit
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