Emotions & feelings

emotional fuel

feelings that drive action

Emotional fuel is a strong feeling that gives someone energy or motivation to act.

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How did you keep working after that criticism?

I turned my disappointment into emotional fuel.

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After the setback, she used her frustration as emotional fuel and started training again.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: She used her frustration as an emotional fuel to keep training.

Say: She used her frustration as emotional fuel to keep training.

Use “emotional fuel” without “an” when referring to motivation from a feeling.

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How it fits in a sentence.

become emotional fuel; provide emotional fuel; use something as emotional fuel

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After the setback, she used her frustration as emotional fuel and started training again.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

emotional fuel

feelings that drive action

“After the setback, she used her frustration as emotional fuel and started training again.”

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