Dr. John Schinnerer coaches men to perform at their peak from the boardroom to the bedroom. Over the past 10 years, his online courses in anger management, anxiety management and positive psychology have taught over 10,000 people to turn down the volume on anger and anxiety, and to become calmer, happier and more successful. Dr. John graduated from U.C. Berkeley with a Ph.D. in educational psychology. He was an expert consultant for Pixar’s Inside Out. His blog, Shrunken Mind, was awarded top 3 on the web for positive psychology. His areas of expertise range from high performance, to positive psychology, to anger management. Paul and John discuss anger in depth and provide takeaways on how to manage your own anger, build resilience and recognise the triggers before they take hold. Episode Takeaways:

• Most success comes from facing our fears
• The voice in your head is not always right
• Anger only seeks to sustain and defend itself
• One of the most common area of anger is in the car
• That which you resist persists.
• Victor Frankl - between stimulus and response there's a space - in that space is our power to choose our response. in our response lies out growth and freedom.

Mentioned Resources:

• Paul Kivel - Men's Work
• Michael Singer - The Untethered Soul
• Patterson/Grenny/McMillan/Switzler - Crucial Conversations
• Douglas Fields - Why We Snap

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