having 10 for EMOTIONAL.
Women's average score on emotion was 77...men 67.
And I was only 10!
I asked the psychologist who created the test.
She said,"You don't get upset when a friend doesn't
invite you to her party. You don't retaliate at a rude
colleague, instead you stare at her like you're on
drugs. You use brain-freeze methods to stop an
argument. It doesn't mean you're not emotional or
do not get upset, you're just very good at hiding your
anger. You decide when to shut up when you can
talk back. You're almost robotic in that sense."
Why I don't get upset when a friend doesn't invite me?
Cos I wont' invite her when I have mine.
Why do I act dumb when I can retaliate?
Cos it makes that person helpless.
What brain-freeze methods?
Statements like "Can you define what STUPID PROMOTIONS are?"
or "I am not sure if I disagree with you on that or not." or
"Let's discuss this again when you are in a calmer mood (or
when the boss is in)."
In front of customers I am very calm even when deep inside I am
mad at a %$!#@ colleague (she has since been terminated for
not being a team player in the organisation but only after I left to
get medical attention for my right hand.)
So all that she said of me is true:
SELDOM WOULD YOU SEE ME GET ANGRY
"Very controlled" was the term she used for describing 1 aspect of
my personality.
What bothers me the most are IRRESPONSIBLE ACTIONS of people.
It may make me mad but I prefer to be pro-active.
I can only control my own actions, not what others do.
#2 Hypocrites
#3 Ingrates
I had the chance of sueing an ex-employer for not compensating
me...my right hand hurt at work (I used to work as a Manager
in an Art Gallery) but I figured the best revenge was to recommend
one of their competitors to my friends, warning them of unethical
manufacturing methods that SOME companies use just to get a
sale. I never mention names.
For the time I spend in court to prove my point (for compensation),
I would have made lots more working. Yep, dropped charges
against my ex-employer.
If there's something you can't put right because it's out of your
control, move on. Anger is like a disease, it can eat you.



