Next up in our Emotion Education Series is Anger.
Last week we talked about fear, which is the most common emotion you’re going to find in your personal and your professional settings. And this week we’re going to talk about anger because it’s right up there with fear.
Anger is the perception that someone has of something not being fair. So, the resolution for anger, in other words, how do we mitigate it, is to make it fair.
Anger can take on other kinds of words. Words like resentment, envy, revenge, bitterness, defensiveness, hate, irritated, rage. But no matter what you call it, it’s anger. And like I said, it’s not fair. So resolving anger is really important.
Let me give you an example of how understanding anger can really benefit you. Whether it’s in a personal relationship or a business setting, if the person across from you is expressing anger, you understand now that they don’t think something is fair. So simply saying to them, you know, I can tell that you don’t think this is fair. How do we make this work for everybody?
This resolves a lot of tension, it creates positive rapport, and it definitely keeps things from escalating, or you going head to head with that other person.
So understanding what anger is, is really important in all of our interpersonal relationships and will help move forward the discussions or the situation that you’re having in a positive manner.
I’m Roberta Fernandez, Your Ability Activator. Thank you.
