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Use Anger as a Tool,
Not as a Weapon
PowerPhrases to Express Anger
There is nothing wrong with anger. Anger is a message that you
feel violated in some way. Anger is a signal that something needs
to change. Respect your anger. That does not mean doing what-
ever your anger dictates. You do not want your anger to control
you. You want to work withyour anger to get results.
Sandy did not have that awareness. Sandy was a fight wait-
ing to happen at the airport one day. When Sandy arrived at the
check-in counter, she looked at the monitor and noticed an ear-
lier flight home. She scurried to see if she could catch it.
When she reached security, she quickly put her bag on the
belt. As she walked through the X-ray, she heard the dreaded
beep-beep-beep. No problem—Sandy knew it was her shoes,
and she knew what to do.
She went to secondary screening and handed her shoes to
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