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<p><em>Slouching, rounding shoulders, shallow breaths, frowns, and sighs can make you feel down. To change your emotional state, often all that's necessary is to change your physiology.</em></p>

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<p>We can change our emotional state by focusing on our physiology rather than our emotions. Using the following tricks can give you energy and an emotional boost to stay productive.</p>
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<li><strong>Take several deep breaths.</strong> Oxygenating the blood make you more alert and awake.</li>
<li><strong>Get your body moving.</strong> The more vigorous you can move, the better. Go for a run, a bicycle ride, or simply a walk outdoors. If you do it for long enough, your brain will release endorphins that elevate your mood.</li>
<li><strong>Focus on the positive.</strong> Think positive thoughts. Give thanks for what you have rather than complaining about what you don't.</li>
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<input/><p>Do you ever find yourself in a funk? I sure do. Once I was on the road, preparing to deliver a speech. I love speaking, but I was experiencing an unusual amount of distraction and self-doubt.</p>
<p>I had about four hours before I went on stage. So, I decided to call my wife, Gail.<span></span></p>
<h3>A Call for Help</h3>
<p>She instantly knew I wasn’t in a good place. (This is one of the many benefits of long-term marriage. My wife can read me like a book.)</p>
<p>“Okay,” she said after listening to me whine for a few minutes. “I want you to hang up and go for a run. Call me when you are done.”</p>
<p>I was tempted to blow her off, but I knew in my heart that she was right. I needed a big shift in my emotional state. And it wasn’t going to just happen. I needed to do <em>something</em>.</p>
<p>So I laced up and headed outside.</p>
<p>When I called her an hour later, everything had changed. My emotional state had shifted—dramatically. I was focused, alert, and upbeat. I had a can-do attitude.</p>
<h3>Motion Drives Emotion</h3>
<p>This was a good reminder of something we had learned years ago from <a href="http://www.tonyrobbins.com">Tony Robbins</a>: <em>Emotion is created by motion</em>.</p>
<p>If you want to change your emotional state, often all that’s necessary is to change your physiology. I have experienced this firsthand again and again.</p>
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<li>Round your shoulders</li>
<li>Take shallow breaths</li>
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<li>Frown and then sigh</li>
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<p>If you’re like me, almost immediately you’ll start feeling down—maybe even a little discouraged. As it turns out, discouragement and sadness have specific physical manifestations.</p>
<p>But so does joy and confidence.</p>
<p>This is why you can look at someone and say, “You look like you are having a difficult day.” Or conversely, “Wow. You look like you are on top of the world!”</p>
<h3>5 Tricks to Boost Your Mood</h3>
<p>Over the years, I have learned (and Gail periodically reminds me) that I can change my emotional state for the better by focusing on my physiology rather than my emotions.</p>
<p>So can you. Try these five simple tricks.</p>
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<li><strong>Put on some upbeat music.</strong> This can dramatically alter your mood, because of the memories you associate with certain tunes. Research also shows that <a href="http://www.psmag.com/business-economics/musical-feedback-makes-workouts-feel-easier-exercise-health-68169">energetic music</a> ups your energy when you exercise. Gail has a playlist, Music for an Outstanding Day. Here’s a <a href="https://play.spotify.com/user/teammichaelhyatt/playlist/5fWyKUYlAhlcJXvBVDjTjO">Spotify link</a> if you want to listen along. It’s awesome!<p></p>
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<p><strong>Take several deep breaths.</strong> Oxygenating the blood makes you more alert and awake. Close your eyes and concentrate on breathing. Draw the air deep into your diaphragm (or gut). This is a <a href="http://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/relaxation-techniques-breath-control-helps-quell-errant-stress-response">great way</a> to forget about what has you down or afraid.</p>
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<p>I usually leverage these tricks a few times a day. It gives me the energy and emotional boost I need to be productive and stay productive all day long.</p>
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