The productive power of anger

And how to achieve anything even if you're angry

Most people think anger is something to avoid.

High achievers use it as fuel.

In the early days of my career, I was able to work with some of the best professionals in the industry. High achievers is a weak work. These people know what they’re doing.

And I absorbed everything.

The good. The bad. You know…, everything.

Anger played a big part of these days. These guys knew how to make you angry. On purpose.

They used anger as fuel to grow a team of A-Players (like me).

But not the bad anger. The one that puts you into a determined state. Energized to do whatever it takes to get what you want.

See, anger, like every emotion, is data.

It tells you something matters.

Something needs to change.

And something inside you refuses to tolerate the current state any longer.

It’s not the rebel type of anger. The productive one.

You don’t suppress that. You channel it.

By turning to yourself. Not others.

Most people make that mistake - play the blame games forever. This anger is destructive. And it mostly destroys you.

The productive one is the one where you take personal responsibility for what’s happening to you.

You live a life by choice. Not by circumstances.

Here’s how:

1. Pause and notice.

When anger rises, stop.

Before you act, observe it.

No shame, no apology. Just notice it.

2. Ask: “What’s my unmet need underneath this?”

Anger is a secondary emotion.

Underneath it? A blocked goal. A crossed boundary. A repeated pattern.

Get to the bottom of it.

3. Move with it, not from it.

Use that energy to act, not to explode.

Write the plan. Send the pitch. Leave the toxic space.

Let the anger be your ignition, not your wreckage.

Forget about what others want.

Focus on what you want and how to get it.

It’s a mindset.

My rule?

If I’m angry, it means there’s something I’ve outgrown.

And that’s not a bad thing.

That’s evolution.

Next time you get angry, don’t numb it or vent it.

Name it. Track what triggered it.

Then ask: What action does this emotion want me to take?

That’s the difference between reaction and transformation.

Anger doesn’t make you less professional.

It makes you powerful, but only if you learn to aim it.

Yana