Over a weekend, we review David Rock’s really engaging book, Your Brain during Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long.
One plan quite struck me: if you’re feeling a disastrous emotion, we can work to revoke it by labeling it in one or dual words. Note, however, that meditative or articulate during length about a romantic state tends to feature it — while simply watching and labeling it helps to relieve it.
I do this myself, instinctively. we find myself thinking, “I’m overwhelmed†or “I’m frazzled†or “I’m feeling defensive†— and it’s peculiar how relaxing it is. Just putting a tag on a feeling helps me to master it.
