Want To Achieve Your Goals? Be Angry?

"A positive, upbeat attitude isn’t the only thing that can help you attain challenging goals. Getting angry can help you confront hurdles and get past the finish line, too, according to research published Monday by the American Psychological Association.

I have posted on the emotion of anger in the past and presented both the good and the bad regarding such. Click on the link below for another positive effect of this maligned emotion:

Want to Achieve Your Goals? Drop the Positive Attitude

Anger: It's Not Always Bad

The strong emotion of anger has received a bad rap. Yes, to allow it to consume one and adversely affect you is a problem. However, please tell me what positive social movement has not been motivated by it. Click on the links below for the positive side of the emotion:

The Value of Anger: 16 Reasons It’s Good to Get Angry

The Right Way to Get Angry

6 Surprising Benefits of Anger

Why Being Angry Is Okay (and Even Helpful)

Anger Is The Greatest Emotion Blocking Reason?

There is not doubt that there are many factors involved with resistance to changing a political, or any other, ideological view.  This article focuses on anger, but also looks at a wider spectrum of negative emotions and how they may effect acceptance of evidence.

http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/trump-rage_how_political_anger_clouds_our_thinking