Anger is a natural emotion all of us experience in response to a perceived threat to or a violation of the self. We all have the right to be angry. In fact, not being able to express it can be harmful to the health and to our relationships. That sure does not mean we go around screaming at people we are angry at.

The way people react is conditioned by the social and psychological development. Anger is determined by the conscious and the unconscious mind, and this would influence the way people express their feelings, including anger.

When we bring our awareness into the expression of anger, it is said to have positive outcome and when we get our hurt feelings out, it helps our psychological health. Chronic anger not handled appropriately by expression can be very bad to health and even lead to diseases of the heart, gastrointestinal and skin.

Anger is expressed in several ways, by aggressiveness, assertiveness or by being passive. When we act aggressively and abuse the other person either verbally using words that hurt them or physically by using our fists, the relationship suffers; when we remain passive by denying this anger and we repress it by saying nothing about the issue, we suffer. The best way to express anger is by being assertive, which eventually helps resolve issues with discussion as well as enhances interpersonal relationships.

The first step to handling anger is to be aware of the danger signals that accompany anger, and then decide if a response is worthwhile and react accordingly. Impulsiveness never helps in any aspect of life. Giving ourselves time to think before taking an action, saves us a lot of trouble. (more…)

Once considered the obsession of the elite with deep pockets, they have now come off their ivory tower and have become the necessity of the common man.

Enterprise devices as they are called, the smart phones have become more mainstream and more affordable. The choice is enormous, what with every cell phone maker worth his salt bringing out an enterprise device. Nokia has several smart phones up their sleeves.

With so many different makes of smart phones available, it can get quite confusing about what model to pick up. It would do well to keep certain points in mind when getting one.

Operating system: Just as you have to decide between Windows and Linux on a PC, you will have to make up your mind on whether you would rather go for a Windows Mobile, Palm OS, BlackBerry, Symbian, or Linux device. It does not end there as each OS has sub-groups. For example, Symbian has various editions of Series 60 and UIQ.

Although, there is no clear cut judgment of the best one, the things to be kept in mind are the speed of operation, applications available (preferably free ones) and compatibility with other devices. Unlike PCs, you cannot install an OS on the phone, so if you are dreaming of running a different OS, forget it. You are stuck with the OS that comes with the device.

Screen Size: Screen size becomes very important on smart phones as people end up viewing presentations, documents and spreadsheets on the smart phone and also browsing the internet. The bigger the screen the lesser the eye strain and easier to browse.

Interface: This depends on the needs of the user, physical keypads, touch screens or a mix of both. In physical keypads, there is the proper QWERTY keypad, a semi-QWERTY keypad or the usual alphanumeric keypad. People who use touchscreens, usually end up with larger screens where they can scribble using a stylus but often will have to put up with the not-so-good handwriting recognition systems and lower battery performance. On the other hand, people who use physical keypads tend to find the keys too small to replicate the convenience of a notebook but they get a better battery performance and more software applications. (more…)