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Join The Top 1%: The Mindset Behind The World's Top Performers - Professor Steve Peters

Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal

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Understanding Anger, Expectations, and the Difference Between Control and Manage

Anger often arises from the frustration of unmet expectations, which can be mitigated by replacing 'should' with 'could' in one's language. The speaker emphasizes the difference between control and manage, highlighting that control implies an option while manage implies a skill. Asking someone to 'control' their emotions may be seen as abusive, as it implies the person can do something they cannot, while 'managing' emotions acknowledges the skill involved.

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