"In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive."

Anger

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This reflection on anger by Lee Iacocca resonates across generations. It highlights a fundamental truth about human nature: our continuous search for meaning in anger is what ultimately defines our character and our path forward.

About Lee Iacocca

Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacocca was an American author, engineer, and executive who developed the Ford Mustang, Continental Mark III, and Ford Pinto cars while at the Ford Motor Company in the 1960s, and then revived the Chrysler Corporation as its CEO during the 1980s. He was president of Chrysler from 1978 to 1991 and chairman and CEO from 1979 until his retirement at the end of 1992. He was one of the few executives to preside over the operations of two of the United States' Big Three automakers.

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