Ep168. Mastering Your Emotions for a Higher Quality of Life.

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In this powerful episode, Mike Kitko dives into the often misunderstood world of emotions, challenging the harmful "bro culture" philosophy of "fuck your feelings." Instead, Mike advocates for embracing your emotions as valuable signals that guide you towards a more fulfilling life. He shares personal stories of his journey from living in fear, insecurity, and inadequacy to developing a deeper, more meaningful relationship with his emotions. By learning to listen to and process feelings, rather than suppress or ignore them, Mike explains how we can achieve emotional mastery, which leads to true inner wealth, freedom, and success.

Key Takeaways:

1. Feelings Are Not Your Enemy: Mike explains that emotions are signals that carry important messages. Rather than ignoring or suppressing them, it's crucial to explore what they're trying to tell you.
2. Fuck Your Feelings? Absolutely Not**: While hustle culture often encourages people to "overcome" their emotions, Mike argues that emotional suppression leads to suffering. Instead, we need to dive into them to unlock higher levels of success and fulfillment.
3. Emotional Mastery Leads to Life Mastery: By forming a deeper relationship with your emotions, you can navigate life's challenges with more grace, ease, and clarity. Your inner world defines your outer reality.
4. Your Emotions Impact Every Aspect of Life: From career to personal relationships, ignoring your emotional state only results in more chaos. Embrace them to create inner wealth and external success.
5. The Inner Wealth Philosophy: Mike touches on how mastering emotions ties into his broader philosophy of "Inner Wealth"—living a life that feels wealthy, free, and fulfilling from the inside out.

Notable Quotes:

• "If you want a high-quality life, you don’t ignore your emotions. You develop a deeper, more meaningful relationship with them."
• "You can’t have freedom and success if you're always running from or ignoring your feelings."
• "Your emotional state tells a story, and ignoring it won’t help you rewrite it."
• "Inner Wealth is not about external achievements. It’s about feeling successful, fulfilled, and free inside, regardless of what’s happening outside."

Music Credit: "What's Left of Me" by Wes Hoffman & Friends

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Mike Kitko is an executive self-mastery coach, speaker and author. He found external success through powerful titles, incomes, and material possessions. He ultimately fell into depression, toxic abuse of alcohol, and the near collapse of his family before he began a journey of internal happiness and success.