Working through Emotions

A note on emotions and perserverance:

During several points of time during the week, I was working through some doubts about my business. The ideas I was trying to license weren't going as well as I had hoped. I expected by this time to be further down the road with some of these projects.
As I was experiencing these emotions, I realized that I was much further ahead than I was from last week.And had made even more progress as compared to the week before.

When going through anything of this magnitude during any time in your life, the first thing to do is to acknowledge the emotion. (Many of the tips I will be giving can be found in Olivia Fox Cabane's book Charisma Myth) When you acknowledge what is going on within you, you can then take steps to work through that emotion. It takes introspection and self-knowledge to know what is causing this emotion.
Once you know what is causing the emotion, you can either remove the cause or treat the symptoms. It is recommended that you remove the cause, but if that isn't an option then there are a few more things you can do to cease the emotion from taking over and ruining your day.

1. Realize that it is just an emotion

We are human and as such we are prone to valleys and peaks of how we feel. Realize that this negative emotion will pass eventually and life will return to normal.

2. Realize the emotion has happened to others

Visualizing that there have been others who have experienced this emotion as well can help you work through it. Personally, I feel a negative emotion and almost feel as if I am the only person in the world who has ever experienced it. THIS IS UNTRUE. Billions of people over tens of thousands years have been through similar situations like you and I. That visualization will help you work through the emotion.

3. Smile!

If the last steps didn't work (Acknowledge and both realizations), then "fake it 'till you make it." Plaster on a fake smile and you can trick your mind into thinking that you are happy. This will then cause a chemical cascade which will ACTUALLY lead you to feel happier. Sounds crazy, right? It's not crazy, it's science!

Let me know how those work for you... I want to hear your feedback. They have worked for me and I hope they do the same for you