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Fuel Your Mind
A weekly newsletter with practical, powerful, bite-sized lessons to shift your mindset, habits, and life—one idea at a time.
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Intro
Emotional Fitness
Welcome back to Fuel Your Mind — your weekly spark for personal growth and sharper thinking.
Each issue delivers:
- 10 powerful ideas to challenge your mindset
- Curated content to inspire action
- Practical tools to help you become your best self
Most people think success is about drive, IQ, or hustle.
It’s not.
It boils down to emotional fitness.
Emotional fitness is your ability to feel something strong… and still choose your next move.
It’s staying steady under pressure, not snapping at your kid after a rough call, and not letting one bad email hijack your whole day. Ambitious professionals don’t lose because they lack talent.
They lose because they get tossed around by moods they never trained to handle.
Emotions are not the enemy. They are simply signals. But remember, a signal is not a steering wheel.
If you treat every feeling like a command, you’ll live in reaction mode.
If you learn to regulate them, you get a real edge:
- Clearer thinking
- Better decisions
- Stronger relationships
- More energy for the work that matters
You train your body to perform.
Train your emotions to do the same.
Let’s build that muscle.
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Featured Content
The 90-Second Rule
Here’s a simple truth.
Most emotional spikes are short. If you don’t feed them a story, they pass fast.
There’s a concept called the 90-second rule.
When something triggers you, the chemical surge in your body lasts about 90 seconds. After that, what keeps it alive is your thinking.
- Replaying it.
- Predicting doom.
- Building a case in your head.
If you can ride the first 90 seconds, you stop turning small moments into long, bad days.
This is career-saving in meetings, marriage-saving at home, and sanity-saving everywhere else.
So, the next time you feel a surge, start a quiet timer for 90 seconds.
Do nothing except breathe and notice the feeling.
Let the wave pass before you choose your next move.
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Featured Resource
Book: Emotional Agility by Susan David
This is a practical guide for people who want big goals and a stable mind. It teaches you how to face emotions without being bossed around by them.
Key takeaways:
- Discomfort is part of growth. Avoiding emotions makes them louder.
- You can feel something and still act wisely. That’s agility.
- Values beat moods. Your choices should answer to your standards, not your feelings.
👉 Grab it on Amazon
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Until Next Time
Emotions Are Signals, Not The Enemy
Emotional fitness is not about being calm all the time.
It is about being in charge when you’re not.
This week, don’t aim for perfect.
Aim for one better response.
Your future self will feel the difference.
Until next Sunday.
Matthew
P.S. Got a win from Fuel Your Mind lately? Please hit reply or drop a quick testimonial here and tell me what’s changed for you.
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Matthew Royse
Editor, Fuel Your Mind & Creator, Knowledge Enthusiast
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