It doesn’t matter how intelligent you are, there is something else that will predetermine the success and happiness you’re experiencing in life.

No matter just how gifted you are, there is something else which will predetermine the happiness and success you are experiencing in life.

Actually, there is one main thing that will override everything else in life, and this one thing will predetermine what you can expect for all outcomes in your life.

What’s that one thing? The most important thing a person can work on to improve the individual’s life is the Emotional Quotient-EQ.

Some twenty years ago, Social Scientist began researching the elements that made certain people more successful than others. These researchers looked at many different aspects of successful individuals. They began with Intelligent Quotients (IQs). They quickly found individuals with very low IQs who were successful in their relationships as well we financially and were off the chart in regards to happiness. Obviously, Intelligent Quotients were not a predetermining factor. Neither were the numerous other factors they studied and compared in success individuals.

These scientists discovered and named, as time went on, what they determined to be essential for happiness and success-the Emotional Quotient (EQ).

How a person handles emotions on a regular basis is the EQ. The improved way a person handles emotions equaled a better life that person possesses. The converse is true as well.

I made a discovery a few years ago called The Mental Codes. This discover has helped people understand more about the relationship between the emotions they experience and the effect they have on life.

I have mentioned many times in the past that people are addicted to their negative emotions. They actually crave negative emotions and will reinforce them in many ways. i.e. They watch the news, focus on negative events in life, talk negatively about people and things, etc.

I have suggested in my articles that you begin paying attention to your inner dialogue throughout your day. I recommended that you notice if your inner thinking is in alignment with what you desire in life or are your regular thoughts counter productive to what you want?

On this day, I would like to take you on another journey into your mind. I want you to discover one of the most limiting factors with your thinking. Now that you have identified some Mental Codes that are keeping you stuck in life, it is time for you to ask yourself a simple but powerful question.

Is this the way you want to continue feeling?

I know that initially you may declare “I do not want to feel this way, but I just can’t help it.” However, the truth is we do have control over our thinking. This is the only thing we can control. Our thoughts create our emotions. Our emotions create our actions and our actions create our habits. So, you see how our habits (both good and bad) determine our success or failure. As a matter of fact, what we choose to think about will determine the rest of your life. So now you can see why it is important to control what we think about most of the time.

Thank goodness you can ask yourself the question above. You can give yourself an honest answer and begin upgrading your life to the next level. Each person wants to feel the way they do for some reason. Discovering the reason behind why you want to feel this way is the beginning step in accelerating your life into greater success.

As you begin to change your thoughts, you are allowing yourself to think (or, not to think) differently emotionally. As you change your emotions, you change your life.

Sincerely,

Dr. Michael J. Duckett

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