Improving your Emotional Self-regulation Emotional self-regulation helps you control your actions and keep a positive attitude even when the job hunt isn’t going well. In fact, it helps you get along with friends when you are a little stressed. Self-regulation has a lot to do with self-awareness—knowing yourself, your feelings, and your body. When you are good at self-regulating your emotions, it is easier for you to navigate the workplace, job application process, and even relationships. With emotional self-regulation, you have a better chance at finding a job and keeping it, too. 1. Select three tips that you think will be most helpful to develop your emotional self-regulation. • Do breathing exercises (such as conscious breathing). • Eat healthily, drink plenty of water and limit alcohol consumption. • Exercise regularly. • Sleep for 7–8 hours a night. • Make time for leisure outside of work or school. • Laugh often. • Spend time alone to retrospect. • Manage your work-life balance. 2. When you selected 3 tips, answer the following questions below: * What steps can you take to improve on this aspect? * How do you think improving on each of these tips will help you improve emotional self-regulation?
Improving your Emotional Self-regulation
Emotional self-regulation helps you control your actions and keep a positive attitude even when the job hunt isn’t going well. In fact, it helps you get along with friends when you are a little stressed. Self-regulation has a lot to do with self-awareness—knowing yourself, your feelings, and your body. When you are good at self-regulating your emotions, it is easier for you to navigate the workplace, job application process, and even relationships. With emotional self-regulation, you have a better chance at finding a job and keeping it, too.
1. Select three tips that you think will be most helpful to develop your emotional self-regulation.
• Do breathing exercises (such as conscious breathing).
• Eat healthily, drink plenty of water and limit alcohol consumption.
• Exercise regularly.
• Sleep for 7–8 hours a night.
• Make time for leisure outside of work or school.
• Laugh often.
• Spend time alone to retrospect.
• Manage your work-life balance.
2. When you selected 3 tips, answer the following questions below:
* What steps can you take to improve on this aspect?
* How do you think improving on each of these tips will help you improve emotional self-regulation?
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