The Daily Stat: You Experience a Silent Rage After Exerting Self-Control

Are you having trouble viewing this email? If so, click here to see it in a web browser. HOME   |   BLOGS   |   THE MAGAZINE   |   BOOKS   |   AUTHORS   |   STORE RSS   |   Mobile MAY 21, 2013 You Experience a Silent Rage After Exerting Self-Control People who chose an apple over chocolate before selecting a movie were 16% more likely to prefer an anger-themed film, such as Anger Management or Hamlet, than people who selected a movie without having made such a food choice, say David Gal of Northwestern University's Kellogg School and Wendy Liu of UC San Diego. This and other experiments suggest that the denial of immediate gratification may give rise to a silent rage: Exerting self-control can also intensify people's irritation toward controlling messages. Source: Grapes of Wrath: The Angry Effects of Self-Control Share Today's Stat: FEATURED PRODUCT Breaking Out: How to Build Influence in a World of Competing Ideas EBook Now Available How do you gain influence for an idea? Idea developer and adviser John Butman shows how the methods of today's most popular "idea entrepreneurs"—including dog psychologist Cesar Millan, French lifestyle guru Mireille Guiliano, TOMS founder Blake Mycoskie, and many others—can help you take an idea public and build influence for it. Based on his own experience in advising content experts worldwide, Butman shows how the idea entrepreneur breaks out—by combining personal narrative with rich content, creating many forms of expression, developing real-world practices, and creating "respiration" around the idea such that other people can breathe it in and make it their own. If you have an idea and want to make a difference in your organization, build a change movement in your community, or improve the world in some way—this book will get you started on the journey to idea entrepreneurship. ADVERTISEMENT Follow the Stat: BEST SELLERS HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations Ebook + Video Case Study HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself HBR's 10 Must Reads: The Essentials HBR Guide to Getting the Right Work Done PREVIOUS STATS Knockoff Products Make You Feel Inauthentic Before Your Next Product Launch, How About a Square Dance? Most People Forget That Others Helped Them Get Employment The Sound of a Number Affects Your Perception of Its Size That SUV Is Looking at You. Yes, You. Does Wearing Dark Glasses Make You More Selfish? How America's "Craft" Beer Boom Started with a Tax Cut Be Sure to Tell People They're Free to Say No to Your Request When You Solicit Donations, the Shape of Your Flyer Matters Rich Parents Increasingly Focus on Their Kids' Early Learning Introducing Mobile ManageMentor Powered by the proven content of Harvard ManageMentor™ iTunes >> Android >> UNSUBSCRIBE   |   UPDATE YOUR PROFILE   |   MORE EMAIL NEWSLETTERS   |   PRIVACY POLICY Was this email forwarded to you? If so, sign up to start receiving your own copy. ABOUT THIS MAILING LIST You have received this message because you subscribed to the "The Daily Stat" email newsletter from Harvard Business Review. If at any point you wish to remove yourself from this list, change your email address, or sign up for other email newsletters and alerts, please visit the Harvard Business Review Email Newsletter Preference Center. OPT OUT If you do not wish to receive any email messages from Harvard Business Review, click here. ADVERTISE WITH HBR This enewsletter is read by thousands of decision makers every day. Learn more about connecting your brand with this audience. Copyright © 2013 Harvard Business School Publishing, an affiliate of Harvard Business School. All rights reserved. Harvard Business Publishing | 60 Harvard Way | Boston, MA 02163 Customer Service: 800-545-7685 (+1-617-783-7600 outside the U.S. and Canada)