Take a moment to reflect, and slowly inhale.
Read in silence over each question below.  Exhale.
Sometimes a question will help you find a fresh perspective on whatever is making you angry.  Sometimes a question will be irrelevant.  The questions below are presented in an order designed to be most useful for angry states.  For other mood states, like anxiety and sadness, other groups of questions or sequences may be more useful.  The 10-second attitude shift is like a multivitamin:  there is something useful to nearly everyone.  Think about the situation that is making you angry, then read over the list of questions below.

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What is the reality of the upsetting situation?  What is the threat?  What is your goal?  How can you best achieve it?

What is so terrible about this particular moment, right now?  Are you making yourself angry unnecessarily?

What can you learn from this situation that would help you in other places in your life?

What will this situation look like next year?  What will it look like many years from now?

What stories have you been telling yourself about the upsetting situation?  Can you think of a story that makes you less angry? 

Is there another side to the upsetting situation that makes you feel more forgiving?

What is the most pleasurable thing about this moment, right now?

Think of somebody you admire - someone who handles anger well.  How would that person look at the situation that is making you angry?  What would that person do?

How would you help a friend through this?

What is the worst thing that is really likely to happen in this situation?  If that happened, what good things would you still be able to enjoy in your life?  What can you do now to make the worst case scenario less likely?  What can you do now to make the worst case scenario less threatening?

Are you using anger to distract or energize yourself?  Do you want to stop?

How much do you really need to worry about what other people think about you in this situation?  Should you worry more?  Could you worry less?

Are you rehearsing confrontations in your mind?  Can you let go of that and relax a bit?

What advantages do you have in this upsetting situation that you would not have in other situations that look more appealing to you right now?

What healthy things have you done to get through upsetting times before?

Whatever harm an enemy may do to an enemy, or a hater to a hater, an ill-directed mind inflicts on oneself a greater harm.
Neither mother, father, nor any other relative can do one greater good than one's own well-directed mind.
Buddha, Dhammapada 42-43