Lisa MurphyFounder and Luminaria at Limited to Limitless Transformational Consultants

What If Your Anger Is Actually Telling You That You’re Wrong?

22 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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In this segment, Lisa Murphy explains a counter‑intuitive brain formula: our nervous system is wired to make us feel right, even when we are wrong. She argues that anger often arises from the brain feeding us inaccurate information, and that most people mistakenly interpret the intensity of their anger as proof of being justified. Instead, Murphy claims that the stronger the anger, the more likely the underlying belief is incorrect, because the brain’s desire to be right drives a false emotional signal.

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Our brain is designed to make us want to be right. Okay? So we're always walking around trying to be right about stuff. Well, the problem is that what we're talking about here, when you understand the brain formula that causes anger and other emotions, that formula is usually making you wrong, but we don't want to admit that. We prefer to feel like we're right. And it's even worse because let's say you get angry. Let's say your brain has a mechanism where it It gives you wrong information to make you angry. And then you get angry. Most people today think that their anger tells them that they're right. Oh. And particularly the stronger the anger is, the more they feel justified in that, yes, they've really identified something, you know, that they justifiably should be angry about. It's back, that's totally backwards. It usually means they're more wrong. The more intense their anger is, the more wrong they likely are.