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Discussion on: Mindfully Screaming: How to deal with anger at work

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Antonio Radovcic
  • Go away from where ever you are at that moment. Go for a walk or go home for the day. Leave the meeting. This is something similar to what you learn as parent when the baby won't stop screaming: Just leave the room for a minute or two, if you feel you're losing control.

  • I ride my bike to work every day and naturally there are always people not behaving appropriately on the street and potentially endangering me. Depending on the severity I use a quick 👎 or🖕. Or a sarcastic 👍. Thankfully I had not yet have a situation where I need to confront the other party directly.

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Cubicle Buddha

Great ideas! And you’re so totally right about the baby part. I’m so glad the hospital tells new parents that advice now.

And as a nice metaphor, sometimes when I put my baby down (if I’m getting frustrated) I come back two minutes later to find she’s fallen asleep. So sometimes accepting your anger (but not letting it control you) is a great way to see the anger disappear and for situation to resolve itself naturally. Thank you for the reminder.