Are You Angry? It Means You're Smart.
Joy doesn't work.
Steve Jobs once told his daughter she smelled like a toilet.
Apparently, he was just hazing her.
Still, that's not very nice.
Is it?
In the early days of Microsoft, Bill Gates frequently belittled his team, sending emails in the middle of the night telling them things like, "This is the stupidest piece of code ever written." Gates swore all the time during meetings. He was especially fond of the f-bomb. On weekends, he skulked around parking lots to see who was putting in overtime. Meanwhile, Jeff Bezos nurtured a "notoriously confrontational culture" at Amazon, where it was normal to call coworkers lazy, incompetent, and just plain stupid. All of these guys went out of their way to forge corporate environments that thrived on conflict and animosity.
Joe Biden is famous for his secret temper.
That's the thing about all these powerful types. Their defenders offer endless excuses, even praise for angry dudes and girlbosses as long as their negative emotions and outbursts drive profit…