Anger Is Expensive, Calm Is Power | #SaturdaySchool
Mark Bell's Power Project
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🗓️ 27 December 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Anger feels powerful, but it’s usually expensive. In this episode, we break down why rage pulls people in the wrong direction, how “comment anger” and road rage sneak into everyday life, and why staying at baseline is a real skill you can train.We talk about how anger becomes a habit, how it quietly eats away at your focus and relationships, and why trying to reason with irrational behavior often makes things worse instead of better. We also explore equanimity, the idea of staying at baseline, and why real strength isn’t about domination or reaction, but about control.If you’ve ever wanted to throw your phone into the ocean, explode over a small inconvenience, or get pulled into internet arguments, this is a reminder that you always have a choice. You can react, or you can respond.Calm isn’t weakness. It’s power.Subscribe for more on strength, mindset, and building a sharper life. Drop a comment with the one thing that triggers your anger the fastest.Special perks for our listeners below!🥩 HIGH QUALITY PROTEIN! 🍖 ➢ https://goodlifeproteins.com/ Code POWER to save 20% off site wide, or code POWERPROJECT to save an additional 5% off your Build a Box Subscription!🩸 Get your BLOODWORK/TRT/PEPTIDES! 🩸 ➢ https://marekhealth.com and use code "POWERPROJECT" for 10% off Self-Service Labs and Guided Optimization®.🧠 Methylene Blue: Better Focus, Sleep and Mood 🧠 Use Code POWER10 for 10% off!➢https://troscriptions.com?utm_source=affiliate&ut-m_medium=podcast&ut-m_campaign=MarkBel-I_podcastBest 5 Finger Barefoot Shoes! 👟 ➢ https://Peluva.com/PowerProject Code POWERPROJECT15 to save 15% off Peluva Shoes!Self Explanatory 🍆 ➢ Enlarging Pumps (This really works): https://bit.ly/powerproject1Pumps explained: https://youtu.be/qPG9JXjlhpM?si=JZN09-FakTjoJuaW🚨 The Best Red Light Therapy Devices and Blue Blocking Glasses On The Market! 😎➢https://emr-tek.com/Use code: POWERPROJECT to save 20% off your order!👟 BEST LOOKING AND FUNCTIONING BAREFOOT SHOES 🦶➢https://vivobarefoot.com/powerproject🥶 The Best Cold Plunge Money Can Buy 🥶 ➢ https://thecoldplunge.com/ Code POWERPROJECT to save $150!!➢ https://withinyoubrand.com/ Code POWERPROJECT to save 15% off supplements!➢ https://markbellslingshot.com/ Code POWERPROJECT to save 15% off all gear and apparel!Follow Mark Bell's Power Project Podcast➢ https://www.PowerProject.live➢ https://lnk.to/PowerProjectPodcast➢ Insta: https://www.instagram.com/markbellspowerproject➢ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/markbellspowerproject
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| 0:00.0 | I think that anger is one of the dumbest things that exists. |
| 0:03.4 | I have zero road rage. |
| 0:05.6 | Nothing makes you angry. |
| 0:07.1 | Your choices make you angry. |
| 0:08.8 | You can take a pause on just about anything. |
| 0:11.3 | That anger, it's almost like a blow torch. |
| 0:13.7 | And it's cool if it burns certain things down, but you don't want it to burn up everything |
| 0:17.3 | around you. |
| 0:18.2 | As a man, you have a lot of power and a lot of strength, but the power |
| 0:22.6 | and strength is for protection. I think that anger is one of the dumbest things that exists. And I want to |
| 0:33.8 | talk about anger in some different ways, and I want to expose it because I think that anger is an emotion that can really, it can pull us in the wrong direction. |
| 0:45.2 | I do think that sometimes maybe a little bit of anger can help with some motivation. |
| 0:52.2 | But oftentimes, I think the anger that we may show when we're, you know, |
| 0:57.8 | making a comment on Instagram, making a comment on YouTube, I think some of those things are not |
| 1:04.4 | really good opportunities to help change or improve much of anything. And it's just, you know, |
| 1:10.4 | maybe it's just like venting. |
| 1:12.7 | But this all came about because I saw somebody talking about their spouse and they were like, |
| 1:19.0 | oh, he's got a lot of road rage, you know? And I thought, how interesting that is because I |
| 1:27.2 | have zero road rage. |
| 1:30.9 | I have experienced before, especially when my children were like little and they were in the car and stuff like that. |
| 1:37.4 | I have experienced people cutting me off doing very dangerous things in the car where I'm thinking like, |
| 1:42.2 | hey, I got my kids in here, you know, like this sucks, |
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