I was listening to my friend David Shriner-Cahn's podcast yesterday, and he had a guest on his show (Tony Wilkins) who was talking about how you can use anger to your advantage in business. 

Tony talked about the times the was rejected for certain things, and how he used those rejections to motivate himself and force him to become creative. 

He also makes a good point that people expect entrepreneurs to have no emotions, but we're all human and we can't expect to never get angry. 

(Here's the link if you want to check it out -> http://www.tendstrategicpartners.com/episode-198/) 

I agree that anger can be useful, as long as it doesn't go too far and you become bitter and useless.  

When used in moderation, and at the right time, anger can be powerful. 

Look at Star Wars (there are tons of business lessons in those movies) ...

In The Empire Strikes Back, Luke Skywalker played the nice guy and got his hand chopped off by his daddy Darth Vader.

But in the next movie, Return of the Jedi, Darth made the mistake of taunting Luke and threatening his sister. Once Luke got pissed and channeled the dark side, he became very powerful and was able to beat Vader AND The Emperor (two of the baddest guys in the galaxy.)

If it worked a long time ago - in a galaxy far, far away - can it work here?  

You betcha. 

A podcast guest once gave me valuable advice on how to use anger for motivation.  She said that if you really want to follow through and complete something, do this:

Step #1) Cut a cheque for a big enough total that it would hurt to lose it.

Step #2) Make it out to a person, organization or a cause that you detest. 

Step #3) Give that cheque to a friend.

Step #4) Tell that friend that if you don't complete (your goal) by (the deadline), to give that cheque to the person/organization/cause that makes your skin crawl. 

So for example, let's say that you want to finish writing your book by September 1st.  If you can't stand Hillary Clinton, write a cheque to the Hillary Clinton for President campaign (or to Donald Trump's campaign if you can't stand Trump.) 

If you hate Clinton or Trump with a passion, odds are that you'll hit your goal, right?  If not, you've just gotten that politician one step closer to the White House! 

Does that make you angry? Good!  

If you've got fire in your belly and you're ready to get your coaching business rolling, check this out: 

Use the force,

Marc