Taming Your Temper: The 11-Day Stoic Course for Controlling Anger

IT’S TIME TO TAME YOUR TEMPER. “The nearer a man comes to a calm mind, the closer he is to strength.” — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 11.18.5b “Anger is the ugliest and most savage of all emotions.” - Seneca Everyone gets angry, but do you feel like you’ve lost control of your temper?? Do you ever blow up at your friends, coworkers, or loved ones? Has your anger ever caused real consequences in your life?  You might not have an “anger problem,” but that doesn’t mean anger is not a problem in your life. It’s a problem for basically everyone.  According to a recent poll, 42% of Americans say that they are angrier now than they were last year. Another poll from 2018 found that 22% of Americans reported feeling angry “a lot” during the day, a 30% increase from the year before and a level not reached since 2011. There is almost no one whose anger hasn’t cost them something, who doesn’t admit it is an obstacle to their happiness.  That is why we created Taming Your Temper: The 11-Da