Are you able to tell when you are being driven by your emotions? The stereotype is that men aren’t emotional and that everything with them is at the surface level.
That is a lie. Men can be just as emotional as women. What most have failed to realize is that it will manifest differently. Pushing down your emotions is not gender specific. Neither is wearing them on your sleeve. Do you know yourself well enough to know how your emotions impact you?
As I learn about myself and with the help of my wife I’m beginning to see how my emotions impact me. Early on in our marriage, I didn’t talk much. I would wait until everything seemed like it was too much for me to keep on the inside and then I would want to vent.
For me, I handled my emotions like this because I never grew up knowing how to handle and process my emotions.
Now I am able to process and talk about my emotions a little faster. I may not express them in the moment,but I’m growing in effectively communicating in a healthy time frame.
Commit to Growth
We should all have a process of growth. Growing is going from where we are now to a version of us that masters every part of our lives. We have to grow mentally, spiritually, physically, and emotionally. Emotional growth is learning about how our emotions affect us.
Becoming a better man doesn’t just happen when you reach a certain age. Your development as a person has to be intentional.
If we were talking about money, we don’t wake up one day and become a millionaire, no we grow in our financial literacy and how to handle money.
Read, Read, Read
The most successful people in any area are active readers. It doesn’t matter if it’s finances, marriages, or productivity, you have to become a reader. There are so many tools at your disposal to help with this. If you don’t like paper books, you can get ebooks. Maybe the thought of buying a book makes you nervous, then most libraries have an app where you can borrow the paper book or e-book or an audio book. The point is that you have to continue to educate yourself. Growth is intentional.
Discussion Question:
What is one area that you want to grow in?
