{"id":9965,"date":"2020-11-16T16:27:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T21:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/?p=9965"},"modified":"2020-11-20T10:32:26","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T15:32:26","slug":"anger-is-a-kind-of-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/anger-is-a-kind-of-madness\/","title":{"rendered":"Anger Is a Kind of Madness"},"content":{"rendered":"

They didn\u2019t have the studies to back it up, but they <\/span>knew.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Anger makes you dumber. It makes you a worse leader, <\/span>a worse decision-maker<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This is why Seneca wrote his <\/span>On Anger<\/span><\/i> to Nero. He didn\u2019t think <\/span>an emperor could afford to be ruled by his passions<\/span><\/a>. \u201cI tell you that anger is a kind of madness,\u201d he wrote. A <\/span>recent research study<\/span><\/a> conducted and published by psychologist Michael Greenstein proves it.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the study, angry people were not only more susceptible to misinformation. They were more likely to use that misinformation to guide their decision-making and actions. Information and confidence, traditionally correlated, followed an opposite trajectory in angry people. As angry people got more false information, they became more confident.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Angry people, unknowingly, confuse their heightened state of emotion for heightened cognitive capabilities. They think their mind is alert, aware, firing on all cylinders. People after a few cocktails do too, but Greenstein implies that the angry-inhibited are more at risk than the alcohol-inhibited. Alcohol impairs memory. Anger gives you false memories.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA constellation of risks\u201d is how this new research refers to the implications of anger. But <\/span>the Stoics have known this for 2000 years<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ignore them at your peril.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more Stoicism-based guidance that will teach you to control your emotions and not let your anger get the best of you, sign up for Daily Stoic\u2019s <\/i><\/b>Taming Your Temper challenge<\/i><\/b><\/a>. It\u2019s 11 days of exercises that will help you cope with your anger, create new habits to break out of the anger cycle, and more. <\/i><\/b>Sign up now<\/i><\/b><\/a>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

P.S.\u00a0<\/i>This was originally sent<\/i><\/span><\/a> on November 24, 2020. Sign up today for <\/i>the Daily Stoic\u2019s email<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0and get our popular\u00a0<\/i>free 7-day course on Stoicism.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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