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How to use anger constructively

1. Quotable quote

Jack Collis & Michael LeBoeuf, Work Smarter Not Harder, Goal Setting Seminar, Sydney, n.d., p. 107.

"Ridding yourself of guilt, worry, fear of failure, and excessive anger can make you a new person. Suddenly you will find that you have time, energy, and abilities you never dreamed you had."

2. Here's an idea

Whenever the famous inventor Thomas Edison was angry, he sat down and wrote a scathing letter - to himself. He left it on his desk for a day or two, and then he tore it up.

There is a message here for all of us: do not write anything, certainly not a memo or letter to anyone (other than to yourself) while you are angry. An emotional upset impairs rational thinking. Wait until you simmer down. What you write in fury you will almost certainly regret in composure.

3. Viewpoint

Mohandas Gandhi

"When you are in the right, you can afford to keep your temper. When you are in the wrong, you cannot afford to lose it." …