When you notice you feel negative emotion, your first inclination may be to analyze the emotion and the reason for it. Let this be your invitation to try something different…pivot for power!
When you feel negative emotion and you pivot to feeling good through sheer force of will or simply by changing your focus to something which elicits positive emotion, this significantly impacts your situation, your relationship, and your life. Pivoting changes the trajectory AND launches the new trajectory with a much greater momentum than if you were just hanging out in the happy space to begin with. It builds a new pathway in your brain. It builds a new pathway in your energy field.
Pivoting is powerful. It doesn’t deny the truth of the negative situation. Instead, it says, I will not let this negative situation rule my life.
The pivot is a quick and profound way to take back your power. It puts in place a new habit field, so that the next time you notice negative emotions, you have a greater chance of shifting them with a pivot.
One of the easiest examples of pivoting is this: when you notice you feel negative emotion, simply say to yourself, I refuse to feel bad. Pick another emotion that feels better and focus on those things that make you feel better. Repeat this: I refuse to feel bad. I refuse to feel bad. Don’t say it with anger. Say it matter-of-factly. I refuse to feel bad. Take a deep breath in and smile.
There are many times when focusing on what makes you feel bad will give you insight that will help you. Choose these times wisely and when you do, don’t fixate for too long. Minimize the amount of time you spend feeling bad. Why? Your emotions hang out in your energy field and make you attractive to people and situations and things which will bring you more of the same. You don’t want that. The law of attraction says there is nothing more important than how you feel and this is why.
The next time you feel negative emotion, rather than analyzing or even over-analyzing (you know who you are), try pivoting. Pivot to positive emotion and increase your momentum toward a positive outcome in this and future situations and relationships.