I’m Mad as Hell!

Are you angry? You should be. But what are you angry about? Misdirected anger is nothing but destructive. Anger harnessed and channeled can become the most constructive force in the world.

So go ahead and get mad. It’s what you do next that matters.

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Yonason Goldson https://www.yonasongoldson.com/

Yonason Goldson works with business leaders to build a culture of ethics, setting higher standards to earn loyalty and trust. He’s a rabbinic scholar, repentant hitchhiker, and co-host of the weekly podcast “The Rabbi and the Shrink.” He has published hundreds of articles applying ancient wisdom to the challenges of the modern world, and six books, most recently “Grappling with the Gray: an ethical handbook for personal success and business prosperity.” The ninja were covert agents in feudal Japan who practiced espionage, deception, and surprise attacks. Doesn't that make Ethics Ninja a contradiction in terms? Not at all. Just as the master of martial arts turns an opponent’s strength against himself, the Ethics Ninja turns attacks against moral values back against the adversaries of ethics, exposing groupthink and double-standards through rational argument in asymmetrical battle to vanquish the enemies of moral clarity.

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11 CONVERSATIONS

Kimberly Davis June 9, 2020 At 5:12 PM
I loved this, Yonason! Thank you for capturing the full picture of the story and, still, in the throes of the ugliness, champion hope.
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- Yonason Goldson June 9, 2020 At 7:28 PM
  Glad to hear I hit the mark, Kimberly. Half the picture = half the truth. Half-truth = no-truth.
Jeff Ikler June 9, 2020 At 3:58 PM
Yonason — Thank you for articulating what many of us are obviously feeling. I confess to being a bit stuck on figuring out what I can MEANINGFULLY do next that matters.
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- Yonason Goldson June 9, 2020 At 4:02 PM
  We don’t control outcomes, Jeff. All we can do is the best we can do. The butterfly never sees the hurricane it unleashes on the other side of the world.
Carol Anderson June 9, 2020 At 6:52 AM
Thank you for the most balanced, thoughtful commentary I have heard thus far.
I am also mad as hell and hope is becoming elusive. Everything I thought I “knew” is being challenged and that’s hard.
Might be time to go find that cabin in the woods.
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- Yonason Goldson June 9, 2020 At 4:08 PM
  Cabin in the woods sounds good right now, Carol. But we have to come back sooner or later.
  Please don’t lose hope. This always makes me feel better:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6C8SX0mWP0&list=PLLrrJTYKj8bJCkqh6lgRK_U2ZyRn0ONxC&index=4
- Yonason Goldson June 9, 2020 At 4:10 PM
  Technical problems. This is the one I wanted to link:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6C8SX0mWP0
Laura Mikolaitis June 9, 2020 At 5:53 AM
Yonason,
Thank you for this calming, insightful, and hopeful video. But moreover, thank you for providing reason, sanity, and logic. Your words are a breath of fresh air. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to you, and like you, I refuse to give up hope.
I wish you well, and here’s to the hope that is on the horizon and waiting for us to grab hold and say ”I can do this.”
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- Yonason Goldson June 9, 2020 At 4:12 PM
  It’s easier to walk with hope when we aren’t walking alone. Glad to be walking together, Laura.
Laurie Hill June 8, 2020 At 10:13 PM
Yonason I am with you. This is a great video. Thank you.
What’s sad is, I know I’m mad as hell, but in order to function, I have it well harnessed, to the point of sometimes feeling just apathetic, frozen, numb and that feeling makes me more angry that we have so little control.
I know I’m not alone in this feeling.
Seeing people around the world expressing themselves, out on the street with their signs and voices, makes me so proud.
I do only what I can and that is to write, share videos…
Sometimes that is enough.
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- Yonason Goldson June 9, 2020 At 4:13 PM
  Doing your best is always enough, Laurie.