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It worries me that many of us don't use it wisely.
We don't plan, we just react... wasting one of our most precious commodities.
We squander mountains of EE on things which are beyond our control (situations, circumstances, other people, genetics, history), while not really investing it in the stuff we can change... our attitudes, choices, reactions, communication style, habits, behaviours - which in turn affect all the practical stuff - our financial situation, relationships, career, physical health and our day to day human experience.
To a large extent [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], our life-reality (what we will do, be, have, create, experience) will be dependant on where and how we 'invest' our EE.

Think this is all pure self-help hyperbole?

A modern Zombie; going through 'the motions' of life.
You've seen it; people who seem to have their 'life-force' drained out of them.
Maybe at times you are that 'people'.
Er, person.
Forgive my simplicity, I'm a bloke.
And as I am constantly reminded by the numerous females in my world, we men are such basic creatures.
I could say much about that kind of thinking but I read somewhere that less is more, so I'm going with... less.
I choose to revel in my simplicity.
And brevity.
Why?
Because our emotions largely influence (if not, determine) our decisions and behaviours, which in turn determine what we practically experience... and what we do and don't achieve each day.
Month, year, decade.
Lifetime.
By the way, 'where we live' has nothing to do with geography and everything to do with how we invest our EE.
And some of us have been living in a bad place for a long time.
That's right, we actually need to think about our EE; it's probably our most mis-managed resource.
Here's my simple take on what some people make, a complex issue; how we use or manage our Emotional Energy (EE). It's a precious and powerful commodity and it needs to be invested wisely and thoughtfully.
In life, we get a bunch of />
A bunch of days on the earth.
A bunch of heartbeats.
A bunch of opportunities.
A bunch of ability.
A bunch of potential.
A brain.
Some limbs.
A family.
A few friends.
A free will.
And a finite amount of emotional energy.
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That's what I call a poor return on your investment.
Real poor.
Fortunately for you and I, every day is a new opportunity to invest in the positive and turn our back on the negative.
To become smart investors.
To find the good, even in a bad situation.
To ask the right questions.
To find the lesson.
To invest our EE in finding solutions, where we once regularly put ourselves into emotional bankruptcy by focusing on our problems.
To control the stuff we can and let go of the stuff we can't.
It's possible.
In fact, probable... when we make that decision.
Simulated living... looks like living, but isn't.
I say finite because there are times when it seems to run out.
I've seen it.
And when a person's EE is no more... invariably their life (or quality of life), is no more.
They give up.
They move from living, to existing.
And when I say that it makes us sick [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], I am not speaking metaphorically.
There is an absolute correlation between where and how we spend our emotional pennies... and our physical health.
Many (many, many, many) people have made themselves physically ill and, in my opinion, killed themselves by not managing their EE wisely.
Instead of recognising it and using it as the great source of power and leverage it can be in our lives, we invest it in anger, jealousy, resentment, bitterness and hatred; the stuff that makes us psychologically, emotionally and physically sick.
The stuff that stops us from growing, learning and evolving.
And being happy.
Remember happy?
Those were the days.