12: Anger, fear, anxiety & frustration "The True Divers of Success"

Episode 12: Anger, Fear, Anxiety & Frustration "The True Drivers of Success" Part 1 of 2

In this show your hosts Dave Frees, Alex Frees, Somnath Sikdar have a special guest - psychologist, Dr. David Weiman on the topics of Fear and Anger. Surprisingly, the science shows that anger and fear (when in balance and without rage) don’t interfere with success but can and do really drive creativity, moving forward, and being solution focused. And to the contrary, how happiness can lead to sloth and an unwillingness to act.

“The Angry man is aiming at what he believes he can attain and the belief that you can attain your aim is pleasant.“ Aristotle 350 BC

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Keywords: Enhancing performance, anger and success, using anger, persuasion, negotiation

What you’ll learn in this episode:

1. How Jeff Bezos and Steve Jobs used anger that drove amazing disruption and transformation and inspired true believers and followers.
2. Why we had a mental health professional on the show.
3. How anger can create forward thinking and solution focus, optimism, aid you in the allocation of resources, and actually helps with the understanding of others and the science behind these counterintuitive views
4. True life stories of times when anger really helped us and triggered real and effective action and results.
5. The difference between anger and rage. Discovering dissociation and your super power.
6. How we all learn to use and control anger and why effective people are great at this.
7. How humans who got angry survived and passed on their genes.
8. Turning on anger without going into rage or anxiety. 6th degree master Somnath Sikdar on using anger/frustration in martial arts and life.
9. Dr. David Weiman on the differences of anger in our professions vs in our personal lives. He suggests not “giving people the finger.”
10. The co-hosts advise viewer Katie on how to use techniques to channel anger, to be more persuasive and to use the techniques of negotiators and interrogators to get the upper hand.
11. Assessing threats and creating “psychological” distance. “Let’s take a breath.”
12. Viewers giving the podcast a five star reviews in real time https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/in-top-form-podcast/id1209872004?mt=2
13. How Alex diffuses anger, Eagle scouts, crossfit and vegans and how to deal with angry push back or frustration. Dr. Weiman on Contagion of emotion.
14. Finding the balance between anger and happiness and how meditation matters
15. Books on Anger and Happiness: Midget Ninjas and Tactical Laxatives, Learned Optimism, 10% Happier