“BK, tell me what to do, dude!”

Some of you might be thinking, "Ok. I am not biologically bound to act on what I feel. I have choice. Got it. But what am I supposed to do? How do I know when to act on what I feel vs. act differently than I feel?"

1. Treat a feeling as a notice and a prompt instead of a command you must obey. A feeling is a specific energy within you that prompts you to do or say something.
   
   So when you feel a strong impulse or emotion, answer two questions before you make any decisions:
   1. What does this feeling want me to notice?
   2. What is this feeling prompting me to do?
      
      
2. Separate and elevate the role of choice above the feeling. Don't deny the feeling. Feel it. But remind yourself that your choices are not required to obey how you feel right now.
   
   You can choose to act on exactly how you feel, only parts of how you feel, or the opposite of how you feel. You decide. When you separate and elevate choice above how you feel, you put choice in its proper role. Choices must lead emotions rather than emotions leading choices.
   
   
3. Remind yourself of the objective you're responsible for accomplishing and the bigger purpose you serve. Why would you make a choice that gets in the way of your objective? Because our feelings can get too fixated on the impulse of the moment, and we lose sight of the bigger purpose we serve.
   
   It's your responsibility to bring your real objective and purpose back into focus and make a disciplined choice about whether this feeling is prompting you to act in ways that help you accomplish them or not.

TL;DR:

1. A feeling is a notice and a prompt to act, not a command you must obey.
2. Separate and elevate the role of choice above the feeling.
3. Choose actions that serve your true objective and bigger purpose, not actions that serve your strongest emotion.
4. Feelings don't choose your actions. You choose your actions.

The time is now. Do the work.