Too often, anger propels us to take positions that we have not thought through carefully enough or that we are not really ready to take. Nor does it help that those around us may be full of advice and encouragement to act: “Leave that man, already!” “Tell your boss that you won’t do the assignment.” “You just can’t let him treat you that way.” “Tell her you won’t be friends with her anymore if she does that again.” “Just tell him no.”
