We’ve all experienced those situations where we became angry, gave someone a piece of our mind, and then regretted doing so later. This is an awful feeling because now you feel guilty and have to figure out a way to apologize. In the book, Getting There, Warren Buffett passes on some excellent advice he received from his good friend Thomas Murphy for handling such situations. “He said, ‘Warren, you can always tell someone to go to hell tomorrow.’ It was such an easy way of putting it. You haven’t missed the opportunity. Just forget about it for a day. If you feel the same way tomorrow, tell them—but don’t spout off in a moment of anger.”

One Sentence Wisdom

• “The best answer to anger is silence.” — German Proverb
• “People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.” — Will Rogers

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