evidence: True power is sitting back and observing things with logic. True power is restraint. If words control you, that means everyone else can control you. Breathe and allow things to pass. - Warren Buffett. I saw this quote scrolling through social media recently and it really caught my eye. I think the message is absolutely pertinent in today’s society where people’s tempers seem to flare at the slightest urging, from battles on social media to recurrent road rage incidents. [...] How can one person remain unfazed while someone else may be immediately moved to take negative action when exposed to the very same words? It all comes down to emotional intelligence and how much power we allow those words to have in our lives.