{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Heart of Entrepreneurship","title":" Anger Is a Compass: How Founders Turn Emotion into Clarity","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3110,"description":"Anger as a Compass: How Founders Can Use Emotion to Set Clearer Boundaries and Make Better Decisions\nMost entrepreneurs are taught to suppress anger—or worse, use it as a weapon. But what if anger isn’t something to avoid… but something to listen to?\nIn this episode of The Heart of Entrepreneurship, Jesse and Dave explore how anger, when processed healthily, becomes one of the most powerful tools a founder can access. From radical candor to ruinous empathy, they break down why many leaders either over-express or completely shut down their anger—and how that blocks clarity, boundaries, and momentum.\nWhether you’re the type to explode or the type who “never gets mad,” this is a conversation you won’t want to miss.\n✅ Are you bootstrapping? You need this:\nhttps://bootstrappedgiants.com/subscribe\n\n✅ Master the Inner Game of Entrepreneurship here:\nhttps://www.davekashen.com/newsletter-sign-up\n⏱️ Timestamps\n00:00 – Intro: Why anger is an important topic for founders\n01:12 – Steve Jobs archetype vs modern leadership norms\n02:00 – Jesse’s personal journey with expressing anger\n03:00 – Radical Candor framework: Obnoxious Aggression vs Ruinous Empathy\n05:00 – Why most leaders are stuck in the “too nice” trap\n06:00 – Cultural beliefs around anger and being “uncivilized”\n08:00 – Dave’s relationship story: what healthy anger actually looks like\n10:21 – What is anger, really? Anger as the energy of boundaries\n13:00 – The difference between disappointment and anger\n16:00 – Repressing vs expressing: how anger leaks out when suppressed\n18:00 – Safe, healthy ways to move anger through your body\n20:00 – Teaching kids how to work with their own anger\n22:00 – Why anger is often directed at others (and how to break that pattern)\n24:00 – When anger is misused: violence, fear, and repression\n26:00 – Depression as repressed anger at self\n27:00 – Jesse and Dave’s personal examples of using anger constructively\n30:00 – Anger as a signal for boundaries and internal clarity\n32:00 – Healthy...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/D3q8uoAKBP9yDvAXKSX05IFBpfUTTR8eiffeZmJ_DWk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iNzcz/NGQxYmUwMmU2ZWQx/YjgxZTVmNGEwYTJi/NjMzOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}