Spend some time over the next few weeks noticing your prevalent moods. How about others? Do you notice what others have as their dominant mood? How do you lead someone whose mood is resentful, or resigned? At the same time, Moodys has downgraded the companys senior unsecured rating to Ba1 from Baa3. A person or organization living in ambition accepts and embraces possibilities (Ambition may show up as hopeful).Ĭan you imagine how someone living in a mood of ambition will approach life differently from someone living in resignation?Ĭan you assess your own dominant mood? If so, what strategies have you learned to help you stay effective? (Any mood in its extreme is likely to create barriers to effectiveness.) Hong Kong, J- Moodys Investors Service has assigned a Ba1 corporate family rating (CFR) to Country Garden Holdings Company Limited and withdrawn its Baa3 issuer rating.A person or organization living in peace accepts the past – not just acknowledges it, but truly embraces and accepts it in its entirety, including mistakes and regrets (Acceptance may show up as centered, comfortable in “one’s own skin”). A person or organization living in resignation rejects possibilities, which are primarily based in the future (Resignation may show up as “giving up”).A person or organization in this mood rejects or opposes facts, which are primarily based in the past (Resentment may show up as bitterness).Julio Olalla is a significant figure in the world of linguistics, coaching, and organizations. Organization cultures (and sub-cultures) have moods. My belief is that moods do change, though it may be years in the making, and may require significant desire and “internal” work. Some have argued that we have moods that stay with us a lifetime. While emotions may be a response to a particular set of circumstances and may change rapidly from one circumstance to another – mood is much less likely to change over long periods of time. In the same way that emotions do not equal “emotional,” mood is not the same as “ moody.” This is also true in the weather analogy – the weather is influenced by the climate. Emotions, on the other hand, are less prevalent and more susceptible to change AND are heavily influenced by mood. You generally know what to expect if you visit a tropical climate as opposed to a desert climate. The best way I’ve heard the distinction expressed is that you can think of moods as the climate and emotions as the weather.Ĭlimate (and moods) are reasonably prevalent and provide a long-term context for understanding, and even prediction. We have spent less time talking about moods, an important corollary. We have made much progress in understanding how emotions predispose us to behaviors, and even success.