The topic this week is How to Keep Your Cool, and my guest is James Romm, a Professor of Classics at Bard and the author of the book, How to Keep your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management. This is James’ second appearance on The Good Life, he was a guest on episode #9 where he talked about Seneca.

In this episode James talks about Seneca’s famous essay, On Anger. Seneca is a Stoic, and his advice on how to control our anger draws heavily on Stoic philosophy. Seneca thinks anger is always harmful, so his advice is to avoid it altogether, and he offers a number of tips on how to do that. However, if we do slip into anger, he offers advice on how to cool ourselves down.

What You’ll Learn:

Why anger is always harmful to us
Why Seneca compares anger to “jumping off a cliff”
How to avoid anger altogether
How to stop anger once it shows up
How to help others control their anger
The moral argument for non-violence
How a close study of anger and it’s causes will make us a better person

Books & Resources

Connect with James Romm

Twitter: @jamesromm

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Email: seanm@realtimeperformance.com
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#52 – How to Keep Our Cool with James Romm

The Good Life Podcast with Sean Murray