Jaime Jackson Safety Blog: ANGER

Jaime Jackson Safety Blog: ANGER: “The best revenge is massive success.”                                                   Frank Sinatra What good does anger do us? Does it r...

ANGER

“The best revenge is massive success.”

                                        Frank Sinatra

What good does anger do us? Does it really get us anywhere? Does

it just make us feel bad? Nothing productive or good ever comes out

of being mad. This only leads to trouble. It just creates stress, and

usually results in us saying or doing something rash, creating more

misery and stress for us. Anger can be a positive thing when controlled

and used in the right way. This is in our control. We choose how we

react. We choose how we respond. We can use our anger to fuel our

focus. Fuel our perseverance. Fuel our desire to do something. We

can talk to our anger and say, “hello there anger I see you; I feel you;

I hear you, but not right now, stay calm, stay focused, and I will use

you in the right way at the right time.” Revenge is a dish best served

cold. The best revenge is to not be like that other person. We could

be angry for the wrong reasons. We are mistaken. We did not have

all the facts. We do not know the full story. We need to see things

from the other person’s point of view. Being angry means, we care,

but we need to be careful to use our anger in the right way. Every

now and then a little righteous indignation can be a good thing to do

something about an injustice.

Find a way to use our anger. Find an outlet to let it go or do

something positive. Like a lot of things in life, avoiding a negative or

avoiding trouble keeps us ahead in the game. Frustration and anger.

They are different, but they are intertwined and neither of them are

good for us. They are natural. We will feel frustration and anger. But it

also depends on our point of view. How we choose to deal with it when

it creeps up its ugly head. I prefer to leave it on the roadside, the trail,

hill repeats, walking, exercise. Let it go. Let it be. It is toxic, leading to

stress and regret. Sometimes though, there is a time in place for it.

A little righteous indignation can be a good thing if it leads us to well

contemplated, thought-out conscientious action. But usually never in

an impulse reaction. Therefore, we should never hastily respond to

an email or someone’s outburst in kind. Pause, reflect, contemplate.

We could be wrong. Mistaken. Off-point. This is a learning experience

for us. Anger does not advance one’s cause. We get more with honey

than vinegar. As anger bubbles up, let it bubble, but do not let it steam.

Calm. Cool. Collected. Restraint. Do not respond in kind. Delete.

Let it go. Move on. It will pass and you will forget. Chances are you

are not “angry” at the correct situation, there is something else going

on in the background.

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Jaime Jackson Safety Blog: THANK YOU AND GRATITUDE

Jaime Jackson Safety Blog: THANK YOU AND GRATITUDE:   “Practicing gratitude is a very powerful tool to shift your attention on the things you don’t have to the things you do have and this alon...

THANK YOU AND GRATITUDE

 

“Practicing gratitude is a very powerful tool to shift your

attention on the things you don’t have to the things you

do have and this alone will make you feel better.”

                                        Noelia Aanulds

Always send a thank you note. No deed, favor, or something helpful that

someone else does for us should go unthanked. Always send a written

thank you note, real paper is best, but an email will do. Send something

to thank someone who did something for you, gave you something or

just took time from their lives to do something for you or for your benefit.

Make the note personal and specific. This is part of just being humble,

kind, and grateful. It takes a little time and the person you are sending

the note will be extremely appreciative. It will make them feel good and

they will remember the kind of person you are for taking the time to write

to them and thank them for their hard work. They will also be reminded

that they themselves need to send out thank you notes when someone

does something kind or beneficial for them. The gratitude keeps rolling.

Everyone is better because you sent a thank you note.

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Jaime Jackson Safety Blog: BE PREPARED BE HONEST

Jaime Jackson Safety Blog: BE PREPARED BE HONEST:   “Be prepared. Be honest.” -- John Wooden Preparation and honesty make our lives so much more rewarding and stress free. When we prepare an...

BE PREPARED BE HONEST

 

“Be prepared. Be honest.” --John Wooden

Preparation and honesty make our lives so much more rewarding

and stress free. When we prepare and when we are truthful our confidence

goes up and our stress and anxiety go down. We know we are

doing our best and doing the right thing. When we are unprepared

our stress goes up and confidence goes down. We worry. We “feel”

bad. We know we could do better. We feel regret. Remorse sets in.

We get lackluster results. When we are untruthful this just creates a

deeper hole, we find ourselves in. We lose the trust of others. People

take a different point of view of us. We feel bad because we know

deep down, we should just tell the truth. Being untruthful creates more

stress, more anxiety, more worry, leads to more untruths or deceit. It

lengthens the time we must worry about what is going to happen. So

why not just be prepared and tell the truth?

You can get the International bestseller The Shi*t I Wished I learned in College here:

 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C5FMWDGW