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Manage your anger and spot opportunities

By James Altucher

Published: January 15 2008 04:26 | Last updated: January 15 2008 04:26

People are getting angrier. On Saturday, a passenger was kicked off an aircraft going to Denver for spitting in the face of a stewardess when she didn’t want to serve him another drink.

On Sunday, I was eating brunch with friends at a five-star restaurant. Three models walked in and demanded the table I was sitting at, saying they had been waiting for it but I had taken it when they stepped out. They called the hostess, the owner, and men in suits came down. It was an incident. One of the women was screaming loud enough so that all the restaurant customers turned to look. The external beauty of these women was boundless but something ugly was happening inside.

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