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Keep Track of Your Emotions

22 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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This content was created by Lewis Howes. This content was uploaded by Lewis Howes. This is a YouTube video titled "Keep Track of Your Emotions" (created 2026-01-22T00:00:35+00:00) featuring a spoken segment by Lewis Howes. In the excerpt Howes advises performing daily emotional check-ins—naming feelings without judgment to prevent emotions from going underground and later causing burnout, frustration, anxiety, or depression—and emphasizes that high performers regulate their emotions rather than operate on autopilot.

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Check in with your emotions, not just your to do list. Few people track their inner state of being, and that's a problem in my mind. Because emotions don't just disappear when you ignore them. They go underground, and they show up later as burnout, frustration, exhaustion, anxiety, depression. So at least once a day, pause and ask, what am I feeling right now? I don't want you to judge yourself. I want you to name it and just say, I'm feeling overwhelmed. I'm feeling stressed. I'm feeling scared. I'm feeling just a little annoyed right now. This will support you on your growth, and this is how you stay connected to yourself instead of just operating on autopilot like most of the world does. Because high performers don't ignore their emotions, they learn to regulate them.