angry, pessimistic, embarrassed and sad. The problem is when
you hang on to those emotions over the long term and continually relive the thoughts that generate those emotions. When
you’re in a permanent state of a negative emotion, you’re going
to have a hard time performing at your best.
I’ll go back through each piece one at a time.
An event could be something that happened which had
nothing to do with you; it could be something that happened to
you; it could be a memory of something that happened in the
past, or it could be something that you think might happen in
the future. Here are four examples of events, one for each type:
• The stock market drops 2,000 points in a day.
• Your biggest customer tells you she will find a new provi