Petulance Is a Sign of Helplessness

When the waters are still, your opponents have time and space to plot actions that they will initiate and control. So stir the waters, force the fish to the surface. Get them to act before they are ready, steal the initiative. Angry people usually end up looking ridiculous for their response seems out of proportion to what occasioned it. Petulance is not power. It is a sign of helplessness. People may temporarily be cowed by your tantrums, but in the end, they lose respect for you.