Anger is a great motivator in the mid-term yet self-destructive in the long term. To begin, it motivates - "show 'em!" way. You gain the energy to prove yourse

Anger is a great motivator in the mid-term yet self-destructive in the long term. To begin, it motivates - "show 'em!" way. You gain the energy to prove yourself, to excel-over-others, you may feel the thrill of winning while seeing someone else loose. To aim for this gives you drive and makes you "work harder" - after all, you have some sort of goal. Long-term though, you only discover that such "wins" (from spite) are rather hollow; the dopamine rush diminishes every time and you either need to "win bigger" or grind down others even harder in order to feel anything about it. Pursue this and eventually you'll just get angry with yourself and your powerlessness to retain this anger-fueled energy that once felt so energising. This is where it becomes self-destructive; you'll wail at the world how unfair it is to you because it's responsible for all this inadequacy, rage, powerlessness that you feel unable to retaliate for. Basically, no "win" of yours could be big enough, no loss of others great enough, for you to feel content again. It's a lot better for the mind to work towards a goal - feel better - than be angry against something/-one. Keep anger focused. Don't burn out.