A new study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found that anger can actually be a constructive emotion that helps people achieve their goals.

<div class="block">A new study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found that anger can actually be a constructive emotion that helps people achieve their goals.</div>

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Study: Anger Could Help You Achieve Challenging Goals

You said he suggests anger may be a positive emotion. The research published in the journal of Personality and social psychology found anger improves your ability to reach challenging goals in life. Study participants who got angry during tasks like solving puzzles or playing video games were more likely to reach their goals compared to participants who maintained a more neutral emotion. The state, the study showed anger was linked to higher scores or faster response times. In one experiment, anger increased the rate of cheating to win prizes. It's not all positive though some experts believe staying in a prolonged state of anger can be unhealthy for your mind and body in your thoughts. You know, I go back to the famous saying I use my headspace meditation app a lot. Go OK. So I understand, I mean, probably when I think back in my own life, you know, when I've been upset at times, yes, it's definitely been fuel, right? They say a lot of athletes, you know, certainly trash talk or things like that fuels them to go and dominate, reach their goal, whatever it may be. Uh But I agree that I don't think any, I don't think anyone wants to be angry. Right. I don't think it should be a prolonged emotion. And how angry are you? Are you flipping over the table? I mean, are there levels of anger? I, there's so much more that I need to know, but I don't think anyone just say angry for a long time whether they're trying to get to their goal or not.