Never Act in Anger

A moment's wrath carries you farther than many hours of calm. You can spend years building a reputation at work, and lose it in about ten seconds. Nine thinkers, from Aristotle and Seneca to Spinoza and Viktor Frankl, on what to do with the feeling when work pushes you, and a simple routine you can start tomorrow. 00:00 Ten Seconds 01:59 Anger With Good Aim — Aristotle 05:56 The Greatest Remedy Is Delay — Seneca 10:22 It Is Your Judgment That Provokes You — Epictetus 13:51 Expect the Friction — Marcus Aurelius 18:02 The Mask Does Not Protect You — Montaigne 21:41 Show the Room What You Choose — Baltasar Gracián 25:13 Name It, and It Loosens — Spinoza 28:43 Refuse to Feed It — William James 30:34 The Last Freedom — Viktor Frankl 32:28 A Safe Place 35:03 Prepare, Name, Delay, Sort, Aim, Review 38:45 The Books Behind This Story 📚 Books in this episode Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics Seneca, On Anger Epictetus, The Handbook Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Michel de Montaigne, Essays Baltasar Gracián, The Art of Worldly Wisdom Baruch Spinoza, Ethics William James, The Principles of Psychology Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning 🔬 Research mentioned Bushman (2002) on venting · Gross & John (2003) on suppression and reappraisal · Butler et al. (2003) on the social cost of suppression · Barsade (2002) on emotional contagion · Lieberman et al. (2007) on affect labeling · Porath & Pearson (2013) on workplace incivility 🖼 Images Photos from Pexels: Drew Dempsey, Pepa, Faruk Tokluoğlu, William Carvalho, adam el masri, Pranjall Kumar, Hannah Barata, Emrah Yazıcıoğlu, Engin Akyurt, Bikram Bezbaruah. Public domain and CC0 artworks via Wikimedia Commons: Aristotle bust (Palazzo Altemps), Portrait of Baruch Spinoza (anonymous, Jewish Museum collection), Head of Marcus Aurelius (Heraklion Archaeological Museum, photo by Jebulon, CC0). The Unspoken Rules — what actually gets you ahead at work. #philosophy #stoicism #emotionalintelligence