Ryan Holiday – Taming Your Temper: The 11-Day Stoic Guide to Controlling Anger – Daily Stoic
We are living in times of immense anger. An era defined by internal divisions and discourse filled with epithets and takedowns and rage tweets. Our collective blood pressure is through the roof. It feels like we need a defibrillator to shock the country’s heart back into a healthy rhythm.
Of course, some of this anger is warranted. Anger is a natural human emotion. Everyone gets angry. The problem is that we’ve allowed it to take control of us, instead of us taking control of it, and it has begun to take a real toll on our lives.
Do you ever blow up at your friends, coworkers, or loved ones? Do you sometimes lose it behind the wheel stuck in traffic? Or back in coach stuck on the tarmac?
Be honest: when was the last time you lost your temper?
If your temper has ever caused real consequences in your life, you might have a problem with anger. And you are not alone..
That is why we created Taming Your Temper: The 11-Day Stoic Guide to Controlling Anger.
Once you have your anger problem under control, imagine what you’ll be capable of:
- Your relationships with friends and family will improve—they’ll no longer need to walk on eggshells around you
- You’ll have more free time—instead of being a slave to your temper, you’ll be able to focus your energy on things you truly care about
- You’ll enjoy life more—rather than always being on the verge of exploding
- No more grudges! You’ll be able to let go of the things that have been bothering you
- Build better habits—create new physical and mental routines to fend off irritation and work through your emotions in a positive way
Anger is a problem that plagues so many of us—but it doesn’t have to be that way. You can solve this problem with Taming Your Temper: The 11-Day Stoic Guide to Controlling Anger. With a few essential tools and the right wisdom, you can leave your anger troubles in the past, . and achieve the peacefulness and clarity of mind that you deserve.
Take the first step in conquering your anger today.
What You’ll Learn In Taming Your Temper
This 11-step anger course will present you with new challenges each day that will:
- Demonstrate immediate coping/techniques for when you’re in a tense situation
- Put your anger, and its causes, in perspective
- Create mental habits that allow you to break the anger spiral
- Find new outlets for your emotions
- Discover what creates and exacerbates your anger—and what defuses it
- Each day contains a full curriculum of advice, instructions, quotes from the Stoics, and exercises and challenges to complete. We will approach your anger problem comprehensively, attacking it from all sides in order to manage it and bring it under control.
About Ryan Holiday
Ryan Holiday is one of the world’s foremost thinkers and writers on ancient philosophy and its place in everyday life. He is a sought-after speaker, strategist, and the author of many bestselling books including The Obstacle Is the Way; Ego Is the Enemy; The Daily Stoic; and the #1 New York Times bestseller Stillness Is the Key. His books have been translated into over 30 languages and read by over two million people worldwide. He lives outside Austin, Texas, with his family.
