Anger

How you feel and express your anger can have irreversible effects. What is the way you deal with anger? Do you stuff every negative down deep inside of you? Darren does, a lot. Coming from his youth and young adult years of speaking his mind, to now proceeding with caution. Eddie has the other approach and success. He has relationships strengthen after having words about anger. Does showing emotions make you look more or less competent? Do you think it makes you look effective as a communicator or leader? Whether one spews their anger all of the time or one who never does, a medium approach is probably more effective. There is a time and place to be expressive. However, if you scream all of the time, it loses its teeth. Also, when one almost never blows up, you may get some shocked faces when you share your feelings. Part of our society today is addicted to anger. This problem is everywhere. Cable news networks to social media, feed the anger beast that is growing in all of us. Take it all in, but beware of what you eat. Anger is a real emotion that should not be ignored. A balanced approach to life will include what makes us angry. However, should it get all the energy we give it?

• Charles Duhigg: Why Is America So Angry? - The Atlantic
• Matt Taibbi