Anger .. it's a paralyzing emotion .. you can't get anything done. People sort of think it's an interesting, passionate, and igniting feeling – I don't think it's any of that – it's helpless .. it's absence of control – and I need all of my skills, all of the control, all of my powers .. and anger doesn't provide any of that – I have no use for it whatsoever."[ Interview with CBS radio host Don Swaim, September 15, 1987.] .Toni Morrison
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Athletes, actors, and business executives know the importance of releasing the emotion of anger. It's a mistake to allow anger to control you. People who allow their anger to control them often find themselves acting out of character. When you become angry, your full personality is lost.
You stop being who you are and instead become a version of someone else that you hate. Being angry is a temporary feeling that doesn't last long enough to achieve anything worthwhile. Anger should only be used as a short-term tool to achieve a goal or achieve a level of success that you would not have achieved otherwise.
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