MasteryPlus | Mark Alexander | Activity https://www.masteryplus.com/members/hasltisl/activity/ Activity feed for Mark Alexander. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:13:56 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 a05a8cc0f8ece3bb01f40433e16fe5d1 Mark Alexander replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/anger/#post-314 Tue, 22 Nov 2016 20:07:01 -0800 Thanks, Steven. I agree.

]]> 7abd44c72db57f8bb65b7b9855119dc6 Mark Alexander replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/story-per-weekmonth/#post-308 Tue, 22 Nov 2016 16:41:07 -0800 I think so it’s fine. Set the goal, but realize that there are multiple paths to the goal. Sometimes we have to invent paths that fit our consciousness, ones that no one else has thought of.

]]> 54705e23ad8686c6f2c8df0ab0765b3f Mark Alexander replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/the-machine-faith-wages-and-self-sabotage-a-snowflakey-rant/#post-307 Tue, 22 Nov 2016 16:22:35 -0800 I don’t know if this will be helpful, but I created a video on goal setting and quitting smoking, which applies to all kinds of things. It follows the ideas that Steven has been advocating, so there’s probably nothing new here other than I bet this is a story you haven’t heard quite in this way. (These videos derived from work I did for many years…[Read more]

]]> 3591b5da502a35e88d0e1d4453293ef6 Mark Alexander changed their profile picture https://www.masteryplus.com/activity/p/286/ Tue, 22 Nov 2016 16:17:40 -0800 0 fd582441df777712edfdf1929bf74d78 Mark Alexander replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/anger/#post-306 Tue, 22 Nov 2016 16:12:43 -0800 Thanks for your thoughtful comments, Amanda and RJ. I agree that reactive anger has a constructive purpose (the reptile brain version, as RJ notes). I am more wary of anger as a choice that is indulged in.

The first great work of narrative in western lit is Homer’s Iliad, which explicitly deals with the consequences of Achilles’ anger. The arc of…[Read more]

]]> d6441877e770b2f4cc4546de723feaf7 Mark Alexander replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/anger/#post-288 Sun, 20 Nov 2016 19:31:00 -0800 hmmm…it says there are two posts, but I see only one. I posted a correction:

3) Anger creates blind spots that filter out any evidence or argument that DElegitimizes the angers.

]]> 5e6dbf8db225b572d3f2b137d4e62b31 Mark Alexander replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/anger/#post-287 Sun, 20 Nov 2016 19:08:56 -0800 One correction: 3) Anger creates blind spots that filter out any evidence or argument that DElegitimizes the angers.

]]> 80f7eb6fe4b3da7a667ee8e009611e1d Mark Alexander started the topic in the forum http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/anger/ Sun, 20 Nov 2016 19:08:06 -0800 I used to believe in righteous anger, but no longer.

1) Nobody likes to be around angry people except others who are angry in the same way.

2) Angry people do not listen, especially the more they feel justified in their anger.

3) Anger creates blind spots that filter out any evidence or argument that legitimizes the angers.

4) Anger may be a…[Read more]

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