Don't get angry over small things: 73 tips to manage your emotions and win a happy life with reason.

Author: Li Tao
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: This book teaches you the best way to control anger is through patience and tolerance. Conscious patience, rational yielding, is not retreat, not weakness, not abandoning principles, but rather a strategy, a wisdom, a state of being. The great Russian writer once advised those who quarrel and become emotionally agitated: "Before speaking, roll your tongue around in your mouth ten times." Because anger is a sharp arrow aimed at health; it may not harm your enemy but constantly erodes your own well-being. A person who never gets angry is a fool, a person who only gets angry is a fool, and a person who can control their emotions and strive not to get angry is a wise person. The wisdom of the wise lies in their ability to use reason, channel emotions into the correct outlets, control emotions according to rational principles, and govern feelings with reason. This book offers 73 strategies to manage your emotions and use reason to win a joyful life. Anger drives people away from the truth. There are few cases where problems and conflicts are resolved because of anger; instead, anger often makes situations worse. When angry, one has no way back, no room for maneuver. What was reasonable becomes unreasonable; what was a small matter escalates into a big one, even becoming uncontrollable. Later, one regrets it too late.