Get Mad, Not Even: Focus on the Future, Not Past Grievances

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This Element is an excerpt from Winners Never Cheat: Even in Difficult Times (ISBN: 9780137009039) by Jon M. Huntsman. Available in print and digital formats.

Move forward and put it behind you: how to overcome the thirst for revenge, before it destroys your future.

Many of us have been injured emotionally at one time or another, in one way or another-hurt by family, friends, business colleagues, news media, politicians, whatever-and the bitter urge to strike back becomes our first reaction. There is a better, more productive route. Move on. Put things behind you....