HIGH POWERED

Being High on Emotion Is a Dangerous Drug

It blinds you to your own reflection.
You only see the parts that prove you right.

I can always find a reason, a defense, a story that makes me look justified.
But that doesn’t mean I’m not wrong, or that I didn’t build this consequence with my own hands.

When you’re high-powered on emotion, you take a simple truth and beat it with doubts and old memories until it becomes the chaos you imagined.

If you think you’re always right,
if you keep falling back into those same defense tactics you learned as a kid when you felt ambushed or alone,
you’ll always be the wrong man for the moment your life could finally go right.

Emotional control isn’t about being numb.
It’s about being honest enough to pause before you burn down the bridge that was meant to save you.

Learn the 3 Stripes

(Yes… stripes, not strikes. At a certain time in my life, me and my brothers only wore Adidas.)

1. Pause Before You Swing

When emotion hits, the instinct is to fight.
You start reaching for old weapons: pride, silence, sharp words.
But pause.
Breathe before you justify.
Ask yourself: “Am I protecting my peace, or just my pride?”
That one breath can turn a breakdown into a breakthrough.

2. Call It What It Is

Don’t hide behind anger when it’s really hurt.
Don’t call it discipline when it’s really fear.
Say what you feel, not who you blame.
That’s how you keep control of your story instead of letting your story control you.
Power starts where honesty begins.

3. Own the Fire

Every man faces fire.
Most run from it.
But the right man stands still long enough to understand it.
Control isn’t about taming emotion; it’s about mastering your response when it hits.
Stillness isn’t softness, it’s strategy.
The man who stays calm when chaos calls the loudest is the one who wins.