The speaker introduces the idea that people have habitual "emotional homes"—default emotions they return to (e.g., anger, worry, playfulness). These habitual emotions shape both personal life and business outcomes; identifying them is the first step to intentionally changing emotional patterns toward more constructive states like gratitude or excitement.
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We all have emotional homes, habits of where we go. Some people will be angry no matter what happens in their life. They'll be offended. Some people be worried no matter what they do. Some people are going to be playful no matter what you do. If you got three beautiful children or beautiful husband or wife who totally adore you, but you worry all the time, your life doesn't have love. It's full of worry. And so most of us have been taught to run our minds, especially in business. But what runs business and what runs your life is your emotions. And those emotions are habitual. You have habitual emotions you go to more often than any other. And it'd be useful to discover what they are, because when you do, you can change them. Because you can have the pattern of being pissed off, frustrated, overwhelmed, or the pattern of passionate or grateful or excited. Any of those patterns can shift.