Yesterday I had a big disappointment. Several months ago I was asked to apply for a position on the Board of Directors of an organization I belong to. I applied and had an interview, but I wasn’t offered the position. What am I to do with that?

A friend said to me recently, “What these experts and books don’t understand is that sometimes your emotions are so strong that you can’t think of anything else. So the advice they give you is no help.”

We all know what strong emotions feel like. When you’re in their grip, you can indeed be blind to anything else. Yet when you let your emotions take over, you can say or do things you later regret. So what are you to do?