[tedmcory77]

Four things work for me. Understanding how to influence emotions, anchors, sleep, and exercise.

One of the things that helped me address this when I was burnt out ~10 years ago was a book called Emotional Equations; it's not perfect, but the frame of reference in a math like state helped me identify what to DO when I felt a certain way.

The other thing I do is set an "anchor" when I have a "peak" experience. Winning something. An awesome run, whatever. I read a book about an elite ultra runner and he'd blink hard three times when he had a peak experience. I make a first a certain way that's not as obvious, but anything can help. If you've seen Seinfeld, it's basically Serenity Now, but effective for me.

Some of the top performance atheletes say that sleep is their secret weapon. I use a light clock to wake up instead of a noise alarm clock, and seem to wake in a gentler state.

Finally, good sleep is predicated on actually being able to sleep. Exercise helps here. It also allows me to mull complex things without the ability to immediately take action, which seems to be useful.

I hope this helps!