Emotions and thoughts are not just about the mind.\u00a0 For the past twenty years or so, scientists have developed a vast body of work that proves that our emotions and thoughts influence our physical bodies and health.\u00a0 It is common knowledge that stress, negative emotions, and bad thought patterns lead to many physical ailments.\u00a0 Since companies lose many billions of dollars due to employees who are ill, the physical effects of mental states are a key concern for managers and employers.\u00a0 Quite simply, if negative emotions or thoughts lead to ill health it can affect the way that you feel and the way that you deal with the goals that you have set for yourself.<\/p>\n
Studies have repeatedly shown that negative thoughts and negative emotional states (such as anger or resentment) lead to very real physical effects that may well result in serious long-term illnesses.\u00a0 Some conditions, such as ulcers and some cardiac problems are in fact directly linked to poor emotional states.\u00a0 Too much stress, worry, and anxiety can put a strain on the entire system.\u00a0 In fact, research has shown that stress, anxiety, nervousness, anger, and brooding can result in a number of very real physical problems, including insomnia, loss of appetite and subsequent loss of weight, shakiness, dry mouth syndrome, heart palpations, heart pains, chest pains, headaches, sore muscles, cramps, stomach upset, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, respiratory problems, and a host of other ills.\u00a0 Obviously, what goes through your mind is crucial to how you manage the goals in your life<\/p>\n
It is not just your emotions and moods, but also your thoughts that can affect your goals.\u00a0 Whether your thoughts are positive or negative in fact influences how your lead your life.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Positive thoughts have been linked very strongly to achieving goals.\u00a0 People with a positive attitude strive more often to achieve their goals.\u00a0\u00a0
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\nPositive thoughts, especially thoughts such as \u201cI can do this\u201d, are more likely to relax you and give you the personal incentive that you need to be successful and reach your goals.\u00a0 Affirmations have long been considered a very effective way of generating a positive attitude.\u00a0 The idea is to repeat, in a very positive tone of voice and with a high degree of conviction and positive emotion, statements such as \u201cI am working towards my goals every day\u201d.\u00a0 The idea is to use positive statements that are in the present.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Affirmations work even better when visualization is used.\u00a0 If you picture yourself attaining your affirmation, as well as just saying them, you even further convince your mind of the truth of the statement, and so you produce positive thought and action in your life and in the process of setting your goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Emotions and thoughts are not just about the mind.\u00a0 For the past twenty years or so, scientists have developed a vast body of work that proves that our emotions and thoughts influence our physical bodies and health.\u00a0 It is common knowledge that stress, negative emotions, and bad thought patterns lead to many physical ailments.\u00a0 Since […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-goal-setting"],"yoast_head":"\n