No, this isn’t going to be a post about politics. When I say “state”, I’m referring to your emotional and mental state. If you’ve ever read anything by Tony Robbins you know what I’m talking about.
The longer I am in business for myself, the more I realize that it’s not about the money. It’s about the personal growth. It’s about the person you become. And the biggest, most important thing you need in order to succeed as an entrepreneur is the ability to stay the course.
It’s much more important than any technical know how.
It’s much more important than any marketing or business acumen.
It’s much more important than how much energy and time you spend.
It’s much more important than the money you have to invest.
In my opinion, the ability to control your will and your mood and emotions is THE most important thing that will ensure your success!
So, when challenges come your way and threaten to upset your State, how do you deal with that? None of us are completely hardened. We all have negative emotions that come up from time to time. Life is not going to “behave” the way we would like much of the time! The question is, how do we handle things we have to deal with, like challenges or difficult people?
I thought it would be fun and enlightening to talk about some of the things you can do to change your State. Truly, it’s not hard once you commit yourself to being positive and confident. It just takes some practice.
What do you do to change your State?
Here are a couple of things I do.
Gratitude
Gratitude is one of the quickest, most effective ways of getting your emotions back in the place where they need to be. Every day, I think on the things I’m grateful for. Before they go to bed, I discuss with my kids 3 things they’re grateful for that happened that day.
Even though I have these daily habits, I can also call on gratitude at any time, anywhere to change my State instantly. Sometimes I have to take a deep breath and ask: “What’s perfect about this problem?”. As hard as it might be at first to come up with what’s positive about a negative situation (or difficult person!), every bad thing has some benefit.
If you have a hard time coming up with much, the fact that you have clean running water and food in your fridge puts you ahead of much of the world. Start there. 
80’s Music
What can I say? I was an 80’s kid. Goonies was my favorite movie, I wore Jellies the first time they came around, and Cyndi Lauper was cooler than Madonna. I simply *cannot* be unhappy while listening to Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.
Music is an excellent State changer. If you need a pick me up, come back here to watch this!
Now you share: What puts you back into right thinking quickly and easily?