How to Keep Your Cool
by Seneca, translated by James Romm
Seneca's On Anger in a crisp modern translation: anger as a choice, its costs, and the practices to disarm it. Short and relevant.
Read it if…
you want ancient help with anger in an hour.
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Skip it if…
you want a modern anger-management workbook.
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Three things you will actually use
- Anger is a judgment you can refuse.
- Delay disarms.
- Review the day's anger each night.
Do this first
Delay your next angry response by a count of ten.
Our verdict
Seneca on anger.
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