Anger

We all get angry -- anger is a fact of life, and sometimes its even a good thing to get angry: it helps you focus on what needs to be done. But the problem with anger is that it tends to cloud your judgement, it makes you do and say things that you don't mean, and it potentially ruins and destroys relationships and friendships, even those that mean very much to you.

Its a sure sign that anger has gotten the better of you when you realize that what you said or did while angry was actually very stupid.

The first step in anger management is recognizing when anger is about to seize control. It can be a feeling, or perhaps a cold sweat, or maybe an urge to hit something. Anger approaches each of us in a different way.

Once you've identified it, controlling it is actually quite simple: just clear the mind for a moment (that thing you do when you're trying to go to sleep), and HOLD IT THERE for a few seconds; "Counting to ten" would be an apt way to describe the method. Anger washes over you in waves; the trick is to let it come and go. If you don't act on anger when it comes, you'll find that the urge to do so only lasts a few seconds.

That's my trick. The pros have a more long-winded answer.