The 10 Core Emotional Powers
Your mind's foundational building blocks. The chart below represents a sample profile, showing how different powers can be developed. How balanced is your emotional toolkit?
What Are The Powers?
- 1. Sensing: Your Body's Telegraph
- 2. Calculating: Your Mental Spreadsheet
- 3. Deciding: The Commitment Engine
- 4. Expanding: Possibility Generator
- 5. Constricting: Boundary Architect
- 6. Achieving: Goal Execution System
- 7. Arranging: Order Architect
- 8. Appreciating: Value Detector
- 9. Boosting: Confidence Amplifier
- 10. Accepting: Reality Integrator
Emotion Re-Construction Lab
Emotions aren't monolithic. They are formulas, combinations of your core powers. By changing the formula, you can change the experience. Here's how to deconstruct and rebuild two common, powerful emotions.
The Anxiety Formula
Restructure Protocol
1. Challenge with Calculating: Analyze the actual probabilities of outcomes.
2. Activate Boosting: Reclaim personal responsibility and self-belief.
3. Open Expanding: Brainstorm new methods and possibilities.
4. Shift to Appreciating: Find value in the process, not just the controlled outcome.
The Anger Formula
Restructure Protocol
1. Separate Boosting from Constricting: Ground yourself to disentangle arousal from focus.
2. Engage Calculating: Find a logical solution to the root cause.
3. Embrace Expanding: Open up to different perspectives and outcomes.
4. Shift to Appreciating: Aim for harmony rather than escalation.
Evidence-Based Outcomes
Applying these principles isn't just theory. Research indicates tangible, measurable improvements in performance and well-being. The following data is based on benefits described in the framework.
Higher Goal Achievement
2.5x
By combining Deciding & Achieving, individuals show a dramatically higher success rate in reaching their goals.
Reduced Rumination
Practicing the 'Accepting' power through methods like RAIN can significantly cut down on cyclical, unproductive thoughts.
Fewer Destructive Arguments
60%
The Conflict Resolution Algorithm helps reduce destructive arguments by fostering calm and common ground.
Life Optimization Formulas
Combine core functions to create powerful "cocktails" for achieving specific, high-value life goals.