example. Certainly, no other great country is so beset with
frustrations. That most of China's frustrations are self-
created does not make them less productive of aggressions
which are violently hostile, internally as well as externally.
Of course, frustration is not the only cause of
aggression, but it usually is present, sometimes as a cause,
and often as a convenient excuse.
So, while the avoidance or elimination of frus-
tration may not always be the best solution, it can, in so
many instances, be of such great value that we should now
see what can be done about it.
Basically, the avoidance or elimination of frus-
tration and frustration-caused aggression can be accom-
plished by the following common-sense methods:
(1) Don't cause frustration in the first place.
Discipline yourself to avoid imposing unnecessary re-
straints and inflicting personal irritations:
( a) Don't restrain, restrict or confine any per-
son or group more than absolutely necessary.
(b) Don't impede another's progress toward
his reasonable objective.
( c) Don't contradict or argue. Silence is usu-
ally more effective, anyway.
( d) Don't annoy. Being annoying is merely
giving vent to your own frustrations.
(e) Don't obviously impose your will. Manip-
ulate the situation so that the other person will think what
you want is his own idea.
(f) Don't belittle, don't ridicule, don't detract