Wouldn’t it be great if schools taught students how to control emotions better? Sadly, traditional schools fail to impart key life lessons to students. Marcus Parker is the Founder of MPositive and he is on a mission to fill this gap. In this interview, he shares emotions in general and how his ‘Emotional Healing Toolbox’ is helping people have better control over their emotions.
Marcus, Thank you for talking with us. Tell us more about your journey as an entrepreneur so far.
As an entrepreneur, my journey has been difficult, many more downs than ups. I didn’t know many entrepreneurs growing up so I had to learn a lot On the job. I started with a book in 2004 called “The Product”, which I would place on consignment at stores and promote it. From there I made motivational rap CDs, and just kept building my product base.
How important it is to have control over your emotions in business?
It is very important to have control over your emotions because in business there will always be problems. You can’t let every problem charge your emotions negatively. It is ok to feel low sometimes but what is more important is how quickly you overcome your emotions.
Running a business is not that easy and you have to deal with the ups and downs on a regular basis. How can business owners have better control over their emotional state during challenging times?
Business owners can make better emotional decisions by self-evaluating which triggers affect their emotions. Getting to the root of your triggers is paramount. More often than not, a thorough introspection will help you analyse the root cause of the issues affection your emotional balance.
Traditional teaching methodologies do not focus on key skills that help us live an emotionally fulfilled life. What is your opinion on the current state of affairs? How can we bring upon positive changes?
All our lives we were not taught emotional intelligence which allows us to understand ourselves and others. We have inbreed biases and triggers which control us to a certain extent.
If we look at ourselves in the mirror, we will understand that we are really driven by biases that may have been created in our lives through false narratives from the past.
Tell us more about your “Emotional Healing Toolbox”. How does it help individuals overcome emotional issues?
The emotional healing toolbox contains over 15 years of hard work in motivation and emotional intelligence. It contains ebooks, training classes, videos, motivational music, and lessons.
It is great for parents and teachers who are usually tasked with handling their own emotions on top of their families and emotions of their classes as well. I am a parent of 4 and I know how hard it is to take time for yourself when others constantly need you.
I think that we can bring a positive change if everyone started to look inside and fix themselves instead of pointing fingers and blaming others. I once read a quote that said” An unhealed person will take offense to everything others do. A healed person understands that the actions of others have nothing to do with them. ” Can’t remember who said that but I thought it was profound.
The toolbox can help individuals by teaching them the root of their triggers and biases and help them to begin the healing process. There is a lot of FREE info inside. For further value addition, there are in-app purchases as well.
The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has thrown unforeseen challenges for businesses. Being in a right emotional state is important more than ever. What suggestion would you give to business owners so that they can overcome this challenge better?
This pandemic is making emotional intelligence and healing more and more important. To overcome the stresses of day to day life we need to be able to get over so much that before the pandemic it was easier to ignore. Now we are seeing relationship problems, problems with parents communicating with their teens etc. We should all take this time to self-reflect and I believe that the Emotional Healing toolbox can help immensely.
