Life lesson: Never reply to an email or message when you are angry or provoked. In my younger days I would get easily provoked and send angry replies to mails and msgs. A few years ago I learnt to apply a different technique. I would compose the reply but wd save it in drafts.
Then I wd do something else & return to look at the draft at the end of the day or next day when I had cooled down. 99% of those drafts never got sent. I wd not delete those mails from Drafts folder. Every few weeks I look at them and wonder how stupid I wd hv been to send them
So many friendships, business deals, career opportunities etc. can go up in smoke in an instant of anger. It just isn't worth it .For messages, I wd send a "will revert" reply and follow the same technique. Haven't perfected this fully but now I follow this 99% of the time.
Also I realised, there are very few mails or messages that demand an instant reply.A few hours delay or even a day does no harm in most cases as long as you let them know you will reply.Wish I had learnt & practised this much earlier.Thought it wd help some of you, so sharing.

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