Review: 100 Anger Management Tips:A Book Review
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 30, 2013
This short little book has 100 tips and techniques to help reduce every day anger and other emotions such as worry and sadness which create anger. Each point is short and written using straightforward prose and there is enough variety among the techniques that anyone could find something to help them with their anger. Ideas range from writing down what triggers anger in a journal, to helping you re-think your expectations about the people you get angry with, to trying a new hobby such as art, a sport, or cooking. 100 Anger Management Tips helps the reader think about all the other things that anger could be re-focused into.The book also has a nice discussion on how anger damages relationships with others and slowly damages self-worth without getting religious or "self-help-y". There's no guru, no new religion, no hulabaaloo about unlocking our inner tranquility. This book focuses on actual activities, and everyday things people can do to improve their lives. Change is attainable and there's no special product or person we have to buy- which is often what these books are selling.The writing is pleasant and quick to read and each point is written so that each reader can choose to do a tip that they think would work for them. It is a nice change from a 12 step program which forces you to go through a bunch of things which may not speak to where your anger is coming from.This book is a nice little gem to have in your arsenal for combating everyday irritants and anger. Like the title says it is 100 Tips for Everyday Anger Management. The tips are not detailed enough to solve a major anger problem so if that is what you are hoping to solve move on to a different book. I think everyone could learn a few new tricks from this book and I would recommend it for everyone to read through.