Whenever you find yourself angry, excuse yourself from the situation.

The more emotional you feel, the less rational you’ll think. Learn to recognize your personal warning signs of anger and remove yourself from the situation before you lose your cool. This may mean saying, "I am not willing to talk about that right now," or it may mean walking away.

Perhaps you’ve heard the phrase "correlation does not imply causation". Different factors are often associated together, but it may be hard or impossible to know which causes which. For example, data from several research studies showed that women who took hormone replacement therapy also had a lower incidence of heart disease.