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Secrets To HOW OUR EMOTIONS CAN TRICK US LIKE TOM BRADY to Win the day.

Keith Greiveldinger
3 min readOct 2, 2020

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Wherever you are, I hope that you make it an awesome day because no matter the obstacles in front of you, every day is an opportunity for you to win your day. Today, I want to talk to you about how our emotions can sometimes trick you and deceive you. Your emotions can sometimes be as useless as a child throwing a tantrum. I see this with my kids all the time as they throw a tantrum because they want a certain snack or they want to do something, they’re reacting to their emotions. Don’t think just because you feel something, that it’s helping you. We all fall into bad habits, we all fall into temptation or do something because we think that our emotions all lead us in the right way. You have to train your emotions and train your perspective.

Even just watching the return of football this weekend, and seeing how powerful emotions are and momentum is to affect change in a game, on human beings. I mean, think about this. If, let’s say, Tom Brady walks up to you and you’re his wide receiver and he says, “Hey, idiot, don’t drop the ball this time.” You’re probably going to think, “Oh, I’m going to drop the ball,” and you’re going to be less likely to catch the ball. But if he comes up to you and walks and says, “Hey buddy, I got so much confidence in you, I’m going to throw it right here so just put up your hands, I know you’re…

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Keith Greiveldinger
Keith Greiveldinger

Written by Keith Greiveldinger

Highly Engaging and award-winning Inspiration Evangelist. Be inspired at www.TheWinitMinute.com. Started “The Win it Minute” to inspire others.

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