Leadership Thought #486 – Be Wary of Angry People
Whenever you get a disproportionately angry response from someone, there is usually something else deeper going on. People don’t normally go from 0-60 emotionally in a noticeably brief time span unless they are already vulnerable and/or irritable to begin with. They may be using you as a proxy for someone or something else, even if you are the target of their invective. Of course, it could also be the result of a widening chasm built over time between that person and you that you weren’t fully aware of, and it ended up reaching a breaking point. Whatever the reason, it is a troubling reaction that shouldn’t be taken lightly.