Recently, in one of my volunteer gigs,
I was asked to make an impromptu presentation.
The person doing the asking knew darn well
I didn’t have the necessary new information
everyone else did
and I ended up looking like a complete jack a$$.
I was angry, very, very angry.
Did I lose my temper?
Nope.
To do that would have benefited no one and
would have hurt my agenda.
It also would have set me up as a junior jammer,
unable to control my own emotions.
Being unable to manage your temper
is the kiss of death.
As AskMen puts it,
“If you can’t manage yourself,
you sure won’t be able to manage others.”