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Emotions - Defined - Positive & Negative

by Rick Baker
On Dec 20, 2011

Napoleon Hill practiced and taught emotional control, seeing it as one of the keys to a pleasing and attractive personality.

He taught, feelings drive and hurl us...either up or down. It is a matter of self-control, actually - self-control over one's mind. It is as simple as accepting or rejecting emotions as they 'hit you'. It is as difficult as accepting or rejecting emotions as they 'hit you'. 

Self-control: simple and difficult.

Difficult because, when it comes to actions and habits, emotions play such a major role.

As a starting point, Napoleon Hill defined 7 positive emotions and 7 negative emotions.

 

 The 7 Positive Emotions

Love

Sex

Hope

Faith

Sympathy

Optimism

Loyalty

 

The 7 Negative Emotions

Fear*

Hatred

Anger

Greed

Jealousy

Revenge

Superstition

 

Footnote

Napoleon Hill defined 7 Fears:

  • Fear of Poverty
  • Fear of Criticism
  • Fear of Ill Health
  • Fear of Loss of Love
  • Fear of Old Age
  • Fear of Death
  • Fear of Loss of Liberty [he added this fear to the original 6 later in his life]

 

Comments (12) -

Rick
12/23/2011 9:41:21 PM #

NOTE: later, Napoleon Hill listed the 7 Positive Emotions as: Desire, Faith, Love, Sex, Enthusiasm, Romance, and Hope.

Rick
2/5/2012 1:49:35 PM #

"Fear dogs us in one way and another in another, but everyone in some way."

Basil King
'The Conquest of Fear', 1921

Rick
2/5/2012 2:01:30 PM #

"Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures."

W. Edwards Deming

Rick
2/5/2012 6:08:38 PM #

Another perspective on the list of fears:

Fear of Rejection
Fear of Failure
Fear of What Others Will Say
Fear of Criticism
Fear of Success [and having to make decisions, solve problems, etc]
Fear of Being Imperfect
Fear of Being "Made a Fool Of"

Marcos Witt
'How to Overcome Fear', (2007)

rick baker
4/21/2012 3:44:19 PM #

"Fear is but another name for lack of power to control our minds, or, in other words, to control the kind of thought we think or put out."

Prentice Mulford
'Thoughts are Things', (1889)

rick baker
4/23/2012 9:44:08 PM #

"First, don't be embarrassed by being afraid, and don't think you need to pretend that you're not."

"Fear is not bad in itself. In fact, a little fear can sometimes help to put things in perspective and make you more alert. It's only bad when you start making irrational decisions based on the panic you are feeling."

Dr. Doug Hirschhorn
'8 Ways to Great', (2010)

rick baker
4/28/2012 9:57:12 PM #

"Negative emotions - guilt, remorse, fear, anxiety - destroy physical energy, emotional confidence, and even a deeper spiritual sense of significance."

Ron Willingham
‘The Inner Game Of Selling’, (2006)

rick baker
1/22/2013 10:22:29 PM #

"People don't fear change at all; in fact, most people even consciously pull for change. Rather, people fear what change will or won't bring. Thus, it is in expectation that the demon of fear really resides."

Brendon Burchard
‘The Charge’, (2012)

rick baker
10/18/2013 10:03:41 PM #

"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."

Abraham Lincoln

rick baker
3/1/2014 12:12:00 AM #

"When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will search for logical grounds in favour of the belief which he finds in himself."

Bertrand Russell
British polymath, 1872-1970

rick baker
10/11/2015 10:28:37 PM #

Kinds of Fears

Fear of Self: timidity, lack of confidence, possible on accountable states
Fear for Self: weakness, anticipated failure, imagined disgrace
Fear of Things: animals, inanimate objects, physical forces
Fear of Others: human beings, apparitions, devils, Deity
Fear for Others:  children, parents, husband, wife, relatives, friends, strangers
Fear of Events: present, future, imaginary, possible, probable, contingent
Fear of the Future: in life; beyond the present life


Frank Channing Haddock
'The Culture of Courage', (1917)

rick baker
10/14/2015 7:45:09 AM #

7 Fears

Poverty
Criticism
Ill health
Loss of love
Loss of liberty
Old age
Death

Napoleon Hill
'Grow Rich With Peace of Mind', (1967)

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