From the course: Anger Management
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Set appropriate boundaries
- One day I told my husband, "if you don't clean up your desk, I'm not going to cook!" Well, he's still messy, and I'm still cooking. I set a boundary, he crossed the boundary, I failed to enforce the boundary, and I'm the one who's angry. Anger is often a sign that a boundary has been crossed. So let's talk about what a boundary is, why your boundaries aren't working, and how to make boundaries stick. So what is a boundary? A boundary is a line in the sand where you control the consequences. You tell your employees, if you steal from the company, you'll be fired. You tell your teenagers, if you abuse curfew, I will take away your phone. You tell your friend, I will no longer answer the door when you stop by unannounced. You tell them 1,000 times, but nothing works. That means you allowed the unwanted behavior 999 times! You didn't fire the thief, you let the kids keep their phones, and you kept answering the door, or, like me, you kept cooking. Here's why your boundaries aren't…
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