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Today\u2019s tip and Wednesday\u2019s are adapted from my book, The Triple Whammy Cure<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Anger is one of those everyday emotions that we\u2019re stuck with because we\u2019re human. In the long run, anger serves no useful purpose and we\u2019re all better off without it.<\/p>\n

If you put the brakes on an episode of anger and thoughtfully analyze it, you\u2019ll be amazed as you unravel the complex path you took to arrive at your state of irritation, annoyance, or even rage. Exploring just how your button got pushed may give you some real insight into yourself.<\/p>\n

An episode of anger can be triggered by a specific person (your partner, boss, friend) or an event (a delayed flight, your son’s nose ring, your neighbor’s barking dog). Usually, anger is a result of stress, the response you feel when you\u2019re in a situation in which others control you, rather than you controlling yourself.<\/p>\n

Anger comes about in a situation where you feel some other force is calling the shots in your life. And you don\u2019t like it one bit.<\/p>\n

Consider anger at your boss. She\u2019s done you some sort of an injustice, but since she\u2019s still your boss and controls your paycheck you feel helpless and nurse a brooding resentment. Or if your son comes home with a second nose ring. Your anger (if you pause to think) comes less from him looking like an idiot and more because you realize you\u2019re helpless and can\u2019t control him like you could (maybe!) when he was three.<\/p>\n

Because anger so frequently has us saying things we\u2019ll regret 24 hours later, it\u2019s virtually never constructive or useful. Hotheadedness is not a trait we\u2019re prone to admire in people. Rather, we instinctively like those who keep their cool. Unconsciously, we attribute to them that most valuable of traits, wisdom. They seem to recognize that life\u2019s too short to waste it on anger.<\/p>\n

Doctors also tell us how destructive anger is to our bodies. Chronically angry people have high blood pressure, strokes, heart attacks, and actually die younger. This information alone should be enough to get you to start taking some positive steps to permanently erasing anger from your life.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t worry. You\u2019ll still be entitled to an outburst of \u201cDarn!\u201d As is \u201cDarn! This traffic is bad.\u201d But people who limit their response to statements like that are never, ever arrested for road rage.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, a few easy strategies for dealing with anger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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